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retrotranspose

retrotranspose verb: to cause or to undergo retrotransposition.

Verb

retrotranspose (third-person singular simple present retrotransposes, present participle retrotransposing, simple past and past participle retrotransposed)

  1. To cause or to undergo retrotransposition.

Forms of retrotranspose

third-person singular presentretrotransposes
present participleretrotransposing
past participleretrotransposed
pastretrotransposed

Origin of retrotranspose

From retro- + transpose.

Questions about retrotranspose

What does retrotranspose mean?
Retrotranspose means to cause or to undergo retrotransposition.
What part of speech is retrotranspose?
Retrotranspose is a verb.
What is the past tense of retrotranspose?
The past tense of retrotranspose is retrotransposed.

Words near retrotranspose in the dictionary

  1. retrotransported
  2. retrotransposable
  3. retrotransposal
  4. retrotransposase
  5. retrotransposases
  6. retrotranspose
  7. retrotransposed
  8. retrotransposes
  9. retrotransposing
  10. retrotransposition
  11. retrotranspositional

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