/ˈkəʊ.dɒn/, /ˈkoʊ.dɑn/
OriginFrom Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).
- A handbell used for summoning monks.
- The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.
- A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.
Formscodons(plural)