Medical Definition of Hairpin loop

1. An area where single-stranded DNA or RNA has folded back on itself and nucleotides from the two separate segments have base paired, so that the resulting structure appears as the name describes. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairpin Loop

hairlike
hairline
hairlines
hairline fracture
hairline fracture
hairlock
hairlocks
hairnet
hairnets
hairpiece
hairpieces
hairpin
hairpin
hairpins
hairpin bend
hairpin loop (current term)
hairpin loops
hairs
hairsbreadth
hairsbreadths
hairsplitter
hairsplitters
hairsplitting
hairsplittings
hairspray
hairsprays
hairspring
hairsprings
hairst
hairsted

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