spliceosomal

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adjective

Occurring in a spliceosome.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English spliceosome ← Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma) →
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Meanings

adjectivespliceosomal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOccurring in a spliceosome.

    The positions of some spliceosomal introns are conserved in orthologous genes from plants and animals.

    1998, Roderick Page, Edward C. Holmes, Molecular Evolution: A Phylogenetic Approach, →ISBN, page 53

Origin

  1. Englishsplice
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*twoH-mn̥
  4. Proto-Hellenic*twṓmə?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*styeH-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tyoH-mn̥
  7. Proto-Hellenic*styṓmə?
  8. Ancient Greekσῶμα (sôma)
  9. Englishspliceosome
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishspliceosomal

From spliceosome + -al.

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APA

spliceosomal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spliceosomal

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“spliceosomal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spliceosomal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spliceosomal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spliceosomal.

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