Home › Words › D › deintronizationdeintronizationdeintronization means the removal of introns.EtymologyFrom de- + intron + -ization.nounThe removal of intronsDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.intronically 60% match — By means of introns vs deintronization →extein 59% match — The product formed by the excision of an intein from a protein vs deintronization →autoexcision 59% match — The removal of a gene from a copy of its own RNA. vs deintronization →deinsertion 58% match — The undoing of a previous insertion vs deintronization →intraexon 57% match — Within an exon vs deintronization →deadenylation 57% match — The removal of an adenylate group from a protein vs deintronization →deintercalation 57% match — The removal of a molecule that had been inserted between two others. vs deintronization →deprenylation 56% match — The removal of an isoprenyl group vs deintronization →