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exonucleolytic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

That cleaves nucleic acid by the removal of single nucleotides from the end of the chain

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- English nucleolytic English exonucleolytic From exo- + nucleolytic.