See Also: codon(dictionary)
Codon(health)
codon(medicine)
umber codon(medicine)
termination codon(medicine)
stop codon(medicine)
start codon(medicine)
punctuation codon(medicine)
opal codon(medicine)
ochre codon(medicine)

codon (iou)



codon noun. M20.
[from CODE noun + -ON.]
Genetics. A group of three consecutive nucleotides which together form a unit of the genetic code and determine which amino acid is added at a particular point in protein synthesis.