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Mandarin · pinyin wài xiǎn zǐ

(genetics) an exon

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外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
显: xiǎn · manifest, display; evident, clear

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4–3–3 · wai4 xian3 zi3

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noun

(genetics) exon

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