See Also: episome(dictionary)
episome(medicine)
episome(encyclopedia)
CIVIL OBLIGATION, Civil law(law)
civil law(encyclopedia)
CIVIL LAW(law)
civil(dictionary)
CIVIL(law)
civil law(dictionary)
civil war(dictionary)

civil war (oh) and episome (medicine)


civil war (oh)



n [U and C]
a war in which opposing groups of people from the same country fight each Other in order to gain political control
::the Spanish civil war

episome (medicine)


episome
<molecular biology> Piece of hereditary material that can exist as free, autonomously replicating DNA or be attached to and integrated into the chromosome of the cell, in which case it replicates along with the chromosome.

Examples of episomes are many bacteriophages such as lambda and the male sex factor of Escherichia coli.

Origin: Gr. Soma = body