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tetracistronic

tetracistronic adjective: relating to or composed of four cistrons.

Adjective

tetracistronic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or composed of four cistrons.

Origin of tetracistronic

From tetra- + cistronic.

Questions about tetracistronic

What does tetracistronic mean?
Tetracistronic means relating to or composed of four cistrons.
What part of speech is tetracistronic?
Tetracistronic is an adjective.

Words near tetracistronic in the dictionary

  1. tetrachromats
  2. tetrachrome
  3. tetrachromic
  4. tetracid
  5. tetracids
  6. tetracistronic
  7. tetraclone
  8. tetraclones
  9. tetracoccous
  10. tetracola
  11. tetracolon

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