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translesion

translesion adjective: extending across a lesion, often specifically a damaged section of DNA.

Adjective

translesion (not comparable)

  1. Extending across a lesion, often specifically a damaged section of DNA

Origin of translesion

From trans- + lesion.

Words formed from translesion

  • translesion synthesis

Questions about translesion

What does translesion mean?
Translesion means extending across a lesion, often specifically a damaged section of DNA.
What part of speech is translesion?
Translesion is an adjective.

Words near translesion in the dictionary

  1. translead
  2. Transleithan
  3. translentiviral
  4. translesbian
  5. translesbians
  6. translesion
  7. translesional
  8. translesionally
  9. transletter
  10. translettered
  11. translettering

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