exon

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See also: éxon, exón, and Exon.

English

Etymology 1

Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.

Noun

exon (plural exons)

  1. An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Etymology 2

Combination of the prefix ex of the term expressed (region) and the term intron.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

exon (plural exons)

  1. (genetics) A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.
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  1. ^ "The notion of the cistron [i.e., gene] ... must be replaced by that of a transcription unit containing regions which will be lost from the mature messenger – which I suggest we call introns (for intragenic regions) – alternating with regions which will be expressed – exons." (Walter Gilbert 1978)
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French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zɔ̃/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Homophone: exons

Noun

exon m (plural exons)

  1. (genetics) exon
    Antonym: intron

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Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛkson]
  • Hyphenation: exon
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

exon (plural exonok)

  1. (genetics) exon (a region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative exon exonok
accusative exont exonokat
dative exonnak exonoknak
instrumental exonnal exonokkal
causal-final exonért exonokért
translative exonná exonokká
terminative exonig exonokig
essive-formal exonként exonokként
essive-modal — —
inessive exonban exonokban
superessive exonon exonokon
adessive exonnál exonoknál
illative exonba exonokba
sublative exonra exonokra
allative exonhoz exonokhoz
elative exonból exonokból
delative exonról exonokról
ablative exontól exonoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		exoné exonoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		exonéi exonokéi
Possessive forms of exon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. exonom exonjaim
2nd person sing. exonod exonjaid
3rd person sing. exonja exonjai
1st person plural exonunk exonjaink
2nd person plural exonotok exonjaitok
3rd person plural exonjuk exonjaik
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