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pal·in·drome  (pln-drm)

n.

1. A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. For example: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!

2. A segment of double-stranded DNA in which the nucleotide sequence of one strand reads in reverse order to that of the complementary strand.

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[From Greek palindromos, running back again, recurring : palin, again; see k^wel-¹ in Indo-European roots + dromos, a running.]

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palin·dromic (-drmk, -drmk) adj.

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palindrome

Noun

a word or phrase that reads the same backwards or forwards, such as able was I ere I saw Elba [Greek palindromos running back again]

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Noun

1.

palindrome - a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"