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plasmid

plas·mid

UK/ˈplæzmɪd/ uncommon

noun

1.

a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication

Origin

From plasma + -id, coined by American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg in 1952.

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