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cloning
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clone
Audio Help [klohn] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, cloned, clon·ing.
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Audio Help [klohn] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, cloned, clon·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | Biology.
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| 2. | a person or thing that duplicates, imitates, or closely resembles another in appearance, function, performance, or style: All the fashion models seemed to be clones of one another. |
| 3. | to produce a copy or imitation of. |
| 4. | Biology.
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| 5. | Biology. to grow as a clone. |
[Origin: 1900–05; < Gk kl
n a slip, twig
]
n a slip, twig
] —Related forms
clonal, adjective
clon·al·ly, adverb
cloner, noun
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| clone
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n.
v. cloned, clon·ing, clones v. tr.
v. intr. To grow as a clone. [Greek klōn, twig.] clon'al (klō'nəl) adj., clon'al·ly adv., clon'er n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| cloning | |
noun | |
| a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell) |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
cloning noun
Example: genetic cloning
See also: clone
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| clone
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