CRISPRnoun
uk/ˈkrɪsp.ər//ˈkrɪsp.ɚ/specialized[ C ] abbreviation for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat: a piece of DNA that includes short, repeated sequences:
In 1987 Osaka University researcher Yoshizumi Ishino cloned part of a CRISPR.
[ U ] a method of editing (= making changes to) a gene that uses these repeated sequences:
CRISPR can be used to change mosquitos so they cannot transmit diseases such as malaria.