Usually means: Complementary DNA synthesized from RNA.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. cDNA: Merriam-Webster
  2. cDNA: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cDNA: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cDNA: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cDNA: Vocabulary.com
  6. cdna, cDNA: Wiktionary
  7. cDNA: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. cDNA: Dictionary.com
  9. CDNA, Cdna: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. cdna: Rhymezone
  11. cdna: FreeDictionary.org
  12. cdna: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. cDNA: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cDNA: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. cDNA: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. cDNA: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  6. cDNA: Medical dictionary
  7. cDNA: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CDNA: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. cDNA: Biology dictionary
  3. cDNA: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
  4. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cdna)

▸ noun:  Initialism of complementary DNA. [(genetics) DNA produced from a single-stranded RNA template in a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase.]
▸ noun:  Initialism of copy DNA.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of cDNA

Similar:
mRNA, tRNA, GenBank, rDNA, oligo, riboprobe, cosmid, amplifiable, minigene, RNAi, more...

Opposite:
rna, protein-coding gene, messenger rna

Phrases:
CDNA library, cdna clone, Rapid amplification of cDNA ends, john cdna, more...

Adjectives:
human, length, cloned, stranded, specific, full, corresponding, complete, partial, functional, novel

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Similar:
mRNA, tRNA, GenBank, rDNA, oligo, riboprobe, cosmid, amplifiable, minigene, RNAi, more...

Opposite:
rna, protein-coding gene, messenger rna

Phrases:
CDNA library, cdna clone, Rapid amplification of cDNA ends, john cdna, more...

Adjectives:
human, length, cloned, stranded, specific, full, corresponding, complete, partial, functional, novel



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