Medical Dictionary
codon
noun co·don \ˈkō-ˌdän\
Medical Definition of CODON
: a specific sequence of three consecutive nucleotides that is part of the genetic code and that specifies a particular amino acid in a protein or starts or stops protein synthesis—called also triplet
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