1. single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase; [syn: complementary DNA, cDNA]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
complementary DNA
n 1: single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA
or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by
reverse transcriptase [syn: complementary DNA, cDNA]