palindrome
[ pal-in-drohm ]
/ ˈpæl ɪnˌdroʊm /
noun
a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
Biochemistry.
a region of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides is identical with an inverted sequence in the complementary strand: GAATTC is a palindrome of CTTAAG.
Origin of palindrome
1620–30; < Greek
palíndromos recurring, equivalent to
pálin again, back +
-dromos running (see
-drome)
OTHER WORDS FROM palindrome
pa·lin·dro·mist [puh-lin-droh-mist] /pəˈlɪn droʊ mɪst/, noun pal·in·drom·ic [pal-in-drom-ik, -droh-mik] /ˌpæl ɪnˈdrɒm ɪk, -ˈdroʊ mɪk/, pal·in·drom·i·cal, adjective pal·in·drom·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby palindrome
palilalia,
palilogy,
palimony,
palimpsest,
palimscope,
palindrome,
palindromia,
palindromic,
paling,
palingenesis,
palingenesist
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British Dictionary definitions for palindrome
palindrome
/ (ˈpælɪnˌdrəʊm) /
noun
a word or phrase the letters of which, when taken in reverse order, give the same word or phrase, such as able was I ere I saw Elba
Derived forms of palindrome
palindromic (ˌpælɪnˈdrɒmɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for palindrome
C17: from Greek
palindromos running back again, from
palin again +
-drome
Medical definitions for palindrome
palindrome
[ păl′ĭn-drōm′ ]
n.
A segment of double-stranded DNA in which the nucleotide sequence of one strand reads in reverse order to that of the complementary strand.