Etymology

pyrosequencing

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Today it means: A technique used to sequence DNA using chemiluminescent enzymatic reactions. Full definition →

English sequencing ← Latin pyr ← Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Englishsequencing
  7. English todaypyrosequencing

From pyro- + sequencing.

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