Mirna
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A microRNA.
"There are ~80 genes in the C elegans genome coding for miRNAs that are twenty-one to twenty-four nucleotides long."
- 2 microRNA
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"There are ~80 genes in the C elegans genome coding for miRNAs that are twenty-one to twenty-four nucleotides long."
Etymology
From microRNA. The seminal article on microRNAs did not introduce the abbreviation miRNA nor the term microRNA, but rather referred to the entities as small RNAs.