See Also:

adaptation (oh) and est (medicine)


adaptation (oh)



[C] a Film or Television programme that is based on a book or play
adaptation of
::the BBC adaptation of the bestselling book
Television/Film/stage etc adaptation
::He's working on a screen adaptation of his latest novel.
[U] formal the process of changing something to make it suitable for a new situation
adaptation to
::adaptation to the environment

est (medicine)


EST -->
Expressed Sequence Tag
<molecular biology> Expressed sequence tags are sequence tagged sites derived from cDNAs.

See: sequence tagged site.

Acronym: EST