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custron

English

Etymology

From Old French coistron, quistron et al., from Late Latin cocistr?nem, accusative of cocistro.

Noun

custron (plural custrons)

  1. (obsolete) A kitchen-worker, a scullion; any worthless person. [14th-17th c.]

Anagrams

  • Scruton, cronuts

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cistron

English

Etymology

Coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957, named in the context of using a "cis-trans comparison" for identifying " [] whether two mutants, having similar defects, are indeed defective in the same way."

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Noun

cistron (plural cistrons)

  1. The unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein; sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene.
    Synonym: (sometimes) gene

Derived terms

  • bicistron
  • cistronic
  • polycistron

References

Anagrams

  • Citrons, citrons, cornist, cortins

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