释义 |
splicing I. noun (-s) Etymology: from gerund of splice (I) 1. : a spliced section or part : splice 2. : a reinforcement of knitted hose with an extra thread at heel, foot, and toe II. noun : the process that occurs chiefly in eukaryotic nuclei by which introns in an RNA transcript are removed and exons are joined to form functional messenger RNA ; also : gene-splicing herein |