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plas·mid
 plasmid
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- pronunciation:
- plaez
mihd
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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a DNA-containing, self-reproducing element in the cytoplasm of some bacteria which exists outside the chromosome, used in recombinant DNA technology because it can alter a hereditary characteristic when introduced into another bacterium.
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