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codon

Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.dɒn/

The English word “codon” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A handbell used for summoning monks.
  2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.
  3. A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.

Etymology

From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

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