English
hemidegenerate
From hemi- + degenerate.
Formed from hemi- + degenerate
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
Latin dēgenerātus ‘degenerated, deteriorated’
English degenerate
Today it means
adj Using a combination of degenerate oligonucleotides and oligonucleotides specific to the target genetic material.
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Etymograph / hemidegenerate