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retrotransport

retrotransport noun: transport in an opposite direction.

Noun

retrotransport (uncountable)

  1. transport in an opposite direction

Verb

retrotransport (third-person singular simple present retrotransports, present participle retrotransporting, simple past and past participle retrotransported)

  1. To transport in an opposite direction

Forms of retrotransport

third-person singular presentretrotransports
present participleretrotransporting
past participleretrotransported
pastretrotransported

Origin of retrotransport

From retro- + transport.

Questions about retrotransport

What does retrotransport mean?
Retrotransport means transport in an opposite direction.
What part of speech is retrotransport?
Retrotransport can be a noun or a verb.

Words near retrotransport in the dictionary

  1. retrotranslocations
  2. retrotranslocator
  3. retrotranslocators
  4. retrotranslocon
  5. retrotranslocons
  6. retrotransport
  7. retrotransported
  8. retrotransposable
  9. retrotransposal
  10. retrotransposase
  11. retrotransposases

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