tandem repeat

noun

Definition of TANDEM REPEAT

: any of several identical DNA segments lying one after the other in a sequence

1973

Medical Dictionary

noun tan·dem repeat \ˈtan-dəm-\

: any of several identical DNA segments lying one after the other in a sequence—compare long terminal repeat

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