exon

See also: éxon, exón, and Exon.

English

Etymology 1

Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.

Noun

exon (plural exons)

1. An officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Etymology 2

Combination of the prefix ex of the term expressed (region) and the term intron.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksɑn/

Noun

exon (plural exons)

1. (genetics) A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.

Coordinate terms

• intron

Derived terms

• exome
• exonal
• exon capture
• exonic
• exonization
• exon shuffling
• exon trapping
• exonull
• intraexon
• miniexon
• multiexon
• pseudoexon

 

Translations

region of a gene

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外顯子／外显子 (wàixiǎnzǐ)

• French: exon (fr) m
• Hungarian: exon (hu)
• Icelandic: táknröð f
• Italian: esone (it)
• Korean: 엑손 (ekson)
• Portuguese: éxon m, exão m
• Spanish: exón m
• Swedish: exon (sv) c

See also

• exon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• oxen, xeno-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Homophone: exons

Noun

exon m (plural exons)

1. (genetics) exon

   Antonym: intron

Derived terms

• exonique

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛkson]
• Hyphenation: exon
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

exon (plural exonok)

1. (genetics) exon (a region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	exon	exonok
accusative	exont	exonokat
dative	exonnak	exonoknak
instrumental	exonnal	exonokkal
causal-final	exonért	exonokért
translative	exonná	exonokká
terminative	exonig	exonokig
essive-formal	exonként	exonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	exonban	exonokban
superessive	exonon	exonokon
adessive	exonnál	exonoknál
illative	exonba	exonokba
sublative	exonra	exonokra
allative	exonhoz	exonokhoz
elative	exonból	exonokból
delative	exonról	exonokról
ablative	exontól	exonoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	exoné	exonoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	exonéi	exonokéi

Possessive forms of exon
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	exonom	exonjaim
2nd person sing.	exonod	exonjaid
3rd person sing.	exonja	exonjai
1st person plural	exonunk	exonjaink
2nd person plural	exonotok	exonjaitok
3rd person plural	exonjuk	exonjaik