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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
codon /ˈkəʊdɒn/

▶noun Biochemistry a sequence of three nucleotides which together form a unit of genetic code in a DNA or messenger RNA molecule.

– origin 1960s: from code + -on.

'codon' also found in these Oxford entries:

anticodon - nonsense - -on

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