exome

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɛksoʊm/

Definition of exome

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The complete exon content of an organism or individual; the subset of the genome that excludes introns.
    “Because of her significant testing, Avery had had DNA sequencing of her “exome,” the part of her genome that makes proteins in the body, said Dr. Michael Wangler, a researcher at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital.”

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Etymology

From exon + -ome.

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