recombinant dna

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   genetically engineered DNA made by recombining fragments of DNA from different organisms

   Synonymsrecombinant deoxyribonucleic acid

   Broaderdeoxyribonucleic acid

Questions about recombinant dna

What does recombinant dna mean?

recombinant dna means "genetically engineered DNA made by recombining fragments of DNA from different organisms".

What is another word for recombinant dna?

Close synonyms include recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is recombinant dna a common word?

recombinant dna is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.