Splicing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which things are spliced.
  2. 2
    a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together wordnet
  3. 3
    The point at which two things are spliced.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of splice form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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splicesplice

Example

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"Elsa and Clive are experts at splicing together genes of different species for research into new, life-saving medicines; but the line they dare not cross is to splice human genetic material into an experiment."

Related phrases

RNA splicingalternative RNA splicinggene splicingself-splicing

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