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anticodon
noun
an·ti·co·don
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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
noun
an·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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