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English
Etymology
Equivalent to pseudo- + palindrome. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
pseudopalindrome (plural pseudopalindromes)
- A word or sequence of words that almost reads the same forwards and backwards.
"Good dog" is an unambitious pseudopalindrome.
- A stretch of DNA, consisting of an odd number of base pairs, of which the nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand except for the central nucleotide, which is necessarily different.
ACAGTGT and TGTCACA are a based pair of pseudopalindromes.
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