Home › Words › M › missplicemissplicemissplice means to incorrectly splice (typically of nucleic acid strands).EtymologyFrom mis- + splice.verbTo incorrectly splice (typically of nucleic acid strands)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.spliceopathy 69% match — The abnormal splicing of genes vs missplice →splicing 68% match — The act by which things are spliced. vs missplice →misanneal 65% match — To incorrectly anneal vs missplice →mispluck 64% match — To pluck incorrectly. vs missplice →misspell 64% match — To spell incorrectly. vs missplice →splicer 63% match — A person or device that makes a splice. vs missplice →misduplicate 61% match — To duplicate incorrectly. vs missplice →misjoin 60% match — To join wrongly or improperly. vs missplice →