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exon

US/ˈɛksɑn/ uncommon

noun

1.

sequence of a gene''s DNA that transcribes into protein structures

  • “exons are interspersed with introns”
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Origin

Clipping of Medieval Latin Exonia (or perhaps its adjective form Exoniensis), the Latin name for Exeter which appears in the Liber Exoniensis (1086), + -an. See also Exonian.

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