Meanings
noungymnosis (uncountable)
- uncountablebiochemistryThe delivery of single-stranded antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to cells in the absence of transfection
Origin
From gymno- + -osis in the sense of "process that happens nakedly (i.e. without transfectants)".
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APA
gymnosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gymnosis
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“gymnosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gymnosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gymnosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gymnosis.
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