Palindrome Definition
pălĭn-drōm
palindromes
noun
A word, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward (Ex.: madam)
Webster's New World
A segment of double-stranded DNA in which the nucleotide sequence of one strand reads in reverse order to that of the complementary strand.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Palindrome
Noun
Singular:
palindrome
Plural:
palindromesOrigin of Palindrome
From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palindromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν (palin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος (dromos, “running, race, racecourse”)
From Wiktionary
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From Greek palindromos running back again, recurring palin again kwel-1 in Indo-European roots dromos a running
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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