Word: frameshift
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: frame
shift
Definition: To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.
Morphemes:
Affix: frame
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
Affix: shift
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To remove the first value from an array.