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an·ti·co·don | \ ˌan-tē-ˈkō-ˌdän 
, ˌan-tī- \
, ˌan-tī- \Definition of anticodon
: a triplet of nucleotide bases in transfer RNA that identifies the amino acid carried and binds to a complementary codon in messenger RNA during protein synthesis at a ribosome
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anticodon
nounan·ti·co·don | \ ˌant-i-ˈkō-ˌdän \
\Medical Definition of anticodon
: a triplet of nucleotide bases in transfer RNA that identifies the amino acid carried and binds to a complementary codon in messenger RNA during protein synthesis at a ribosome
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The first known use of anticodon was in 1965
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