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clone
verb [T] /kləʊn/
/kloʊn/ Definition
› to create a clone of a plant or animal: Scientists have already cloned a sheep. Experiments to try to clone human embryos have met with hostility from some sections of the public.GeneticsInnate and congenitalScientific techniques cloning
/ˈkləʊ.nɪŋ/
/ˈkloʊ-/ noun [U] › animal/human cloningGeneticsInnate and congenitalScientific techniques
/ˈkloʊ-/ noun [U] › animal/human cloningGeneticsInnate and congenitalScientific techniques(Definition of clone verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- clone noun
- dizygotic adjective
- dominant adjective
- double helix noun
- genetic modification noun
- genetically modified adjective
- genetics noun
- genome noun
- hardwired adjective
- hereditary adjective
- heredity noun
- homozygous adjective
- inherit verb (QUALITY)
- mutant noun
- oncogene noun
- phenotype noun
- recessive adjective
- saviour sibling noun
- sex-linked adjective
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