See Also: apyrimidinic site(medicine)
DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) lyase(medicine)
apyrimidinic acid(medicine)
Cleft(medicine)
cleft lip(dictionary)
Cleft lip(health)
cleft(2)(dictionary)
cleft(1)(dictionary)
cleft 3,(dictionary)
Cleft lip(medicine)

cleft lip (oh) and apyrimidinic site (medicine)


cleft lip (oh)



n [C]
a split in someone's upper lip, that they are born with

apyrimidinic site (medicine)


apyrimidinic site
<molecular biology> A site on DNA where a base is missing, in this case a pyrimidine (either cytosine or thymine), but the phosphodiester backbone is still intact.

Compare: apurinic site.