exon

Meaning

Noun

An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.

Origin

Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.
From Latin ex -on; intended to be distinguished from intron.

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