different between codon vs trinucleotide

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??d?n/
• Hyphenation: co?don

Etymology 1

From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek ????? (k?d?n).

Noun

codon (plural codons)

1. A handbell used for summoning monks.
2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.

Etymology 2

From code +? -on.

Noun

codon (plural codons)

1. (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.

Hyponyms

• anticodon
• dicodon
• homocodon
• stop codon
• start codon
• tricodon

Meronyms

• nucleotide

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Condo, Condo., condo, no-doc

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.d??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

codon m (plural codons)

1. (biochemistry) codon

Anagrams

• condo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (k?d?n).

Noun

c?d?n ? (genitive c?d?nis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) codon: a handbell used for summoning monks.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• codon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• codon in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• codon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Welsh

Verb

codon

1. first-person plural preterite of codi
2. third-person plural preterite of codi

Mutation

English

Etymology

tri- +? nucleotide

Noun

trinucleotide (plural trinucleotides)

1. (genetics) a codon containing three nucleotides

Related terms

• trinucleotidic