crispr

CRISPR

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Definitions of crispr word

noun crispr Biochemistry. a unique cluster of short, repeated DNA sequences found in bacterial genomes and capable of fighting viruses: CRISPR enables bacteria to integrate foreign DNA into their genome. 1
noun crispr Genetics. the technology of targeting a DNA-detecting molecule to a specific genetic sequence for the purpose of editing a gene’s base pairs: The approach called CRISPR should speed up the process by allowing researchers to study the entire genome at once. 1
noun crispr (genetics) RNA that is one of the components of a system of finding a section of DNA and replacing with an alternative, occurring naturally in many bacteria and archaea, that may be applied in gene therapy in humans. 0

before 2000

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 2000-05; acronym from Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".