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skit(dictionary)
skit(1)(dictionary)
skit(2)(dictionary)
skit(5)(dictionary)
skit(4)(dictionary)
expression(dictionary)
Expression(medicine)
expression(dictionary)
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skit(5) (iou) and Expression (medicine)


skit(5) (iou)



skit verb2. Now rare. Infl. -tt-. E17.
[Perh. ult. from Old Norse alt. of stem of skjota SHOOT verb. Cf. SKITE verb2.]
verb intrans. Move lightly and rapidly (away); flit. E17.
a. verb trans. Comment indirectly on (dial.); satirize or ridicule in a skit. L18.
b. verb intrans. Foll. by at: make a satirical comment or attack on a person or thing. E19.

Expression (medicine)


expression
<molecular biology> The process by which a gene's coded information is converted into the structures present and operating in the cell.

Expressed genes include those that are transcribed into mRNA and then translated into protein and those that are transcribed into RNA but not translated into protein (for example, transfer and ribosomal RNAs).