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episome
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[ˈɛpɪsəʊm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a genetic element inside some bacterial cells, especially the DNA of some bacteriophages, that can replicate independently of the host and also in association with a chromosome with which it becomes integrated
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Origin
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1930s (denoting a particle postulated as a constituent of a gene): from epi- + -some
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