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— English words —

• retroposition n. (Genetics) The insertion of a fragment of DNA into a chromosome following reverse transcription.
• retroposition n. (Anatomy) backward displacement of a body part.

— In French —

• rétroposition n.f. (Médecine) Décalage vers l’arrière par rapport à la position…
• rétroposition n.f. (Génétique) Duplication d’un gène actif, dit rétrogène.

18 English words from 2 English definitions

Anatomy backward body body␣part chromosome displacement DNA following fragment Genetics insertion into of␣a part reverse reverse␣transcription The transcription

8 English words from 2 foreign definitions

à␣la arrière dit Duplication par position rapport vers

7 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

actif Décalage gène gène␣actif Génétique Médecine par␣rapport␣à

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

retropositions retropositional retropositioning retropositionally

35 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETR ion Ion -ion -ition opo Opo OSI pos PoS POs POS posi posit position ret Ret. retro retro- ROP sit Sit SIT SITI tio Tio tion -tion TRO trop trop- trop. -trop- tropo tropo-

37 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

iso ISO iso- isopor itis -itis NOI noit OIt OIT opo Opo ort ORT POR port Port PORT Port. Porte porter Porter RTÉ Rte. sop SOP S.O.P. SOPO sopor ter TER ter- tis TIs TIS 'tis t'is

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

nitrosoprotein retropositions

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