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trinucleotide

trinucleotide noun: a codon containing three nucleotides.

Noun

trinucleotide (plural trinucleotides)

  1. a codon containing three nucleotides

Forms of trinucleotide

pluraltrinucleotides

Origin of trinucleotide

From tri- + nucleotide.

Words formed from trinucleotide

Phrases with trinucleotide

Questions about trinucleotide

What does trinucleotide mean?
Trinucleotide means a codon containing three nucleotides.
What part of speech is trinucleotide?
Trinucleotide is a noun.
What is the plural of trinucleotide?
The plural of trinucleotide is trinucleotides.

Words near trinucleotide in the dictionary

  1. trinucleon
  2. trinucleons
  3. trinucleosomal
  4. trinucleosome
  5. trinucleosomes
  6. trinucleotide
  7. trinucleotide repeat disorder
  8. trinucleotide repeat disorders
  9. trinucleotides
  10. trinucleotidic
  11. trinxat

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