subfragment

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sub- +‎ fragment.

Noun[edit]

subfragment (plural subfragments)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) A subsection of a fragment (of nucleic acid etc)

Verb[edit]

subfragment (third-person singular simple present subfragments, present participle subfragmenting, simple past and past participle subfragmented)

  1. To split into such fragments