See Also: cistron(medicine)
cistron(dictionary)

inclinatory (iou) and cistron (iou)


inclinatory (iou)



inclinatory adjective. E17.
[from Latin inclinat- INCLINATION + -ORY2.]
Pertaining to or characterized by inclination or dip. Chiefly in inclinatory needle, a dipping needle.

cistron (iou)



cistron noun. M20.
[from CIS- + TRANS- (referring to the possibility of two genes being on the same or different chromosomes) + -ON.]
Biology. A section of a nucleic acid molecule that codes for a specific product of transcription.