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extragenomic

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

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adj

Meaning 1

Describing any inherited genetic information that is not part of an organism's genome

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Plasmids are small circles of extragenomic DNA that exists and replicates independently from the bacterial chromosome.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From extra- + genomic.