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ribotype

ribotype noun: the RNA complement of a biological entity.

Noun

ribotype (plural ribotypes)

  1. The RNA complement of a biological entity

Verb

ribotype (third-person singular simple present ribotypes, present participle ribotyping, simple past and past participle ribotyped)

  1. (transitive) To analyse the ribotypes of (an organism or population)

Forms of ribotype

Noun
pluralribotypes
Verb
third-person singular presentribotypes
present participleribotyping
past participleribotyped
pastribotyped

Origin of ribotype

From ribosome + -type, on analogy with genotype, phenotype, etc.

Questions about ribotype

What does ribotype mean?
Ribotype means the RNA complement of a biological entity.
What part of speech is ribotype?
Ribotype can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of ribotype?
The plural of ribotype is ribotypes.

Words near ribotype in the dictionary

  1. ribotoxicity
  2. ribotoxin
  3. ribotoxins
  4. ribotransferase
  5. ribotransferases
  6. ribotype
  7. ribotyped
  8. ribotypes
  9. ribotypic
  10. ribotyping
  11. ribovanadyl

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