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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

antisense en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌæntaɪˈsɛns/
  • /ˌæntiˈsɛns/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English antisense From anti- + sense.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of a strand of nucleic acid, complementary to a strand coding for RNA or protein.

antisense en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌæntaɪˈsɛns/
  • /ˌæntiˈsɛns/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English antisense From anti- + sense.

Meanings

  1. The strand of nucleic acid complementary to a strand which codes for an RNA or protein.

Forms

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antisenses Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

sense (antonym(s) of “genetics”)

Deriveds

antisense therapy antisense oligonucleotide · nonantisense · antisense therapy

Translations (6)

es antisentido (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand) · pt anti-sentido (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand) · it antisenso (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand) · ko 안티센스 (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand) · pt sentido negativo (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand) · fr antisens (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand)