Definition of Clone

1. Verb. Make multiple identical copies of. "People can clone a sheep nowadays"

Generic synonyms: Copy, Re-create

2. Noun. A person who is almost identical to another.
Exact synonyms: Dead Ringer, Ringer
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Double, Image, Look-alike

3. Noun. A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction.
Exact synonyms: Clon
Generic synonyms: Being, Organism

4. Noun. An unauthorized copy or imitation.
Exact synonyms: Knockoff
Generic synonyms: Copy

Definition of Clone

1. Noun. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. ¹

2. Noun. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it. ¹

3. Noun. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.[ ¹

4. Verb. To create a clone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clone

1. to reproduce by asexual means [v CLONED, CLONING, CLONES]

Medical Definition of Clone

1. A propagating population of organisms, either single cell or multicellular, derived from a single progenitor cell. Such organisms should be genetically identical, though mutation events may abrogate this. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clone

clompy
clonable
clonal anergy
clonal deletion
clonal deletion theory
clonal expansion
clonal selection
clonal selection theory
clonalities
clonality
clonally
clonazepam
clone bank
clone cells
clone town
clone towns
cloneable
cloned
cloner
cloners
clones
clonewheel organ
clong
clonic
clonic convulsion
clonic seizure

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