cloning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊnɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -əʊnɪŋ

Verb

cloning

1. present participle of clone

Noun

cloning (countable and uncountable, plural clonings)

1. The production of an exact copy of an object.
2. (biology) The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum.

Derived terms

• reproductive cloning
• shotgun cloning

 

Translations

production of a cloned embryo

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克隆 (zh) (kèlóng), 複製／复制 (zh) (fùzhì)

• Finnish: kloonaus (fi)
• Icelandic: einræktun (is) f, einun f, klónun (is) f
• Italian: clonazione (it) f, clonaggio (it) m
• Mongolian: хувилах (mn) (xuvilax)
• Persian: تاگ‌سازی‎ (tâg-sâzi), سانیزش‎ (fa), سانیزدن‎ (fa)
• Portuguese: clonagem (pt) f
• Russian: клони́рование (ru) n (klonírovanije)
• Swedish: kloning (sv) c
• Vietnamese: dòng hoá

production of an exact copy of an object

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複製／复制 (zh) (fùzhì)

• Finnish: kloonaus (fi)
• Italian: clonazione (it) f, clonaggio (it) m
• Portuguese: clonagem (pt) f
• Russian: копи́рование (ru) n (kopírovanije), клони́рование (ru) (klonírovanije)

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