intron
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 6
/ˈɪntɹɒn/
(UK)
Definition of intron
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
“It is a medium-sized gene, then, interrupted by five longish introns.”
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Etymology
From intragenic region.
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