Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anticodon

/ˌæntiˈkəʊdɒn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-co-don
IPA: /ˌæntiˈkəʊdɒn/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to the complementary triplet (codon) in messenger RNA to specify an amino acid during protein synthesis.

Etymology

From anti- + codon.

Inflected Forms

anticodons (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce anticodon?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæntiˈkəʊdɒn/.
What does anticodon mean?: A sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to the complementary triplet (codon) in messenger RNA to specify an amino acid during protein synthesis.
Where does anticodon come from?: From anti- + codon.

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