exome

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

exome

Etymology[edit]

exon +‎ -ome

Pronunciation[edit]

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksoʊm/

Noun[edit]

exome (plural exomes)

(genetics) The complete exon content of an organism or individual; the subset of the genome that excludes introns. [from 2008]

Usage notes[edit]

Do not confuse an exome with an exosome.

Hypernyms[edit]

genome

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

complete exon content

Finnish: eksomi
Spanish: exoma m

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