triplet

triplet definition - medical

trip·let (trĭpˈlĭt)

noun
  1. Any of three children delivered at the same birth.
  2. A set of three similar objects, such as a compound lens in a microscope formed of three planoconvex lenses.
  3. A unit of three successive nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule that codes for a specific amino acid; a codon or anticodon.

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