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retrotranscribe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
retro-tran-scribe
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To transcribe RNA to DNA.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From retro- + transcribe.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

retrotranscribes (present, singular) retrotranscribing (participle, present) retrotranscribed (participle, past) retrotranscribed (past)

Derived Forms

nonretrotranscribed

Questions

What does retrotranscribe mean?
To transcribe RNA to DNA.
Where does retrotranscribe come from?
From retro- + transcribe.

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