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palindrome (iou)



palindrome noun & adjective. E17.
[Greek palindromos running back again, from palin back, again + drom-, dramein run.]
A. noun.
A word, phrase, etc., that reads the same backwards as forwards. E17.
transf.
a. Music. A piece in which the second half is a retrograde repetition of the first half. M20.
b. Biology. A palindromic sequence of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule. L20.
b. adjective. That reads or runs the same backwards as forwards. M17.
palin'dromic adjective (a) of the nature of a palindrome, having a structure that is the same in both directions; (b) Medicine characterized by frequent or worsening recurrences or relapses: M19.
palindromist noun a writer or inventor of palindromes L19.