exon

Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.

exon (plural exons)

1. An officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Combination of the prefix ex of the term expressed (region) and the term intron.^[1]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksɑn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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exon (plural exons)

1. (genetics) A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.

• intron

• exon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• oxen, xeno-

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Homophone: exons

exon m (plural exons)

1. (genetics) exon

   Antonym: intron

• exonique

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛkson]
• Hyphenation: exon
• Rhymes: -on

exon (plural exonok)

1. (genetics) exon (a region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule)