retropose

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verb

To displace backwards

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbretropose (third-person singular simple present retroposes, present participle retroposing, simple past and past participle retroposed)

present singular third person retroposes · participle present retroposing · participle past retroposed · past retroposed

  1. biologyTo insert into a chromosome following reverse transcription
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