palindromic
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ɪnˌdroʊm noun
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Biochemistry. a region of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides is identical with an inverted sequence in the complementary strand: GAATTC is a palindrome of CTTAAG.
Origin:
1620–30; < Greek palíndromos recurring, equivalent to pálin again, back + -dromos running (see -drome)
1620–30; < Greek palíndromos recurring, equivalent to pálin again, back + -dromos running (see -drome)
Related forms
pal·in·drom·i·cal·ly, adverb
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palindrome (ˈpælɪnˌdrəʊm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a word or phrase the letters of which, when taken in reverse order, give the same word or phrase, such as able was I ere I saw Elba | |
| [C17: from Greek palindromos running back again, from palin again + | |
| palindromic | |
| —adj | |
| palindrome (ˈpælɪnˌdrəʊm) | |
| —n | |
| a word or phrase the letters of which, when taken in reverse order, give the same word or phrase, such as able was I ere I saw Elba | |
| [C17: from Greek palindromos running back again, from palin again + | |
| palindromic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
palindrome
"a line that reads the same backward and forward," c.1629, from Gk. palindromos "a recurrence," lit. "a running back," from palin "again, back" (from PIE base *kwel- "move round," with notion of "revolving; see cycle) + dromos "a running."
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Medical Dictionary
palindrome pal·in·drome (pāl'ĭn-drōm')
n.
A segment of double-stranded DNA in which the nucleotide sequence of one strand reads in reverse order to that of the complementary strand.
pal'in·dro'mic (-drō'mĭk, -drŏm'ĭk) adj.
palindromic pal·in·dro·mic (pāl'ĭn-drō'mĭk, -drŏm'ĭk)
adj.
Relapsing; recurring.
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