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ep•i•some n. [Genetics.]

Geneticsbacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal and that may replicate autonomously as a plasmid or become incorporated into the chromosome and replicate with it.

epi- + -some³ 1930–35

ep′i•so′mal, adj.
ep′i•so′mal•ly, adv.

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