| NOUN | substance | intron, noncoding DNA | sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein |
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| Sounds | ih'ntrahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein. | |
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| Synonym | noncoding DNA | |
| Broader | deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix |
| Opposite | exon, coding DNA | sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures |
| Spanish | intrón | |
| Catalan | adn no codificant, intró | |
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