splice
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- n a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together
the break was due to an imperfect splice - n joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together
- v join the ends of
splice film - v perform a marriage ceremony
The couple got spliced on Hawaii - v join together so as to form new genetic combinations
splice genes - v join by interweaving strands
- His rags-to-riches story jump started a stunning new technology called recombinant DNA, which allowed scientists to take selected genes from one species and splice them into the .
- If gene prospectors could isolate the responsible gene, he explains, and splice it into a common bacterium, just as genetic engineers have done for years with the gene that .
- Face transplants have been theoretically possible for years nowever since the microsurgical techniques necessary to splice tiny, thready capillaries and nerves were mastered.