1. a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication; [syn: plasmid, plasmid DNA]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plasmid DNA
n 1: a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that
is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous
replication [syn: plasmid, plasmid DNA]