Synonyms & related words for polycistronic

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Words related to polycistronic

Explore words related to polycistronic — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include cistronic, cistron, intragenic, polygene, posttranscriptional, pseudogene, multicopy, homeobox. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does polycistronic come from?

The word polycistronic breaks down into 3 roots of Greek and Latin origin: poly-, from Greek polys (“many, much”); cistron, from Latin cistron (“gene unit (coined from the cis-trans test, Latin cis 'on this side' + trans 'across')”); and -ic, from Greek -ikos (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.