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trans trans- all-trans all-trans-retinoic acid retinoic acid trans fat trans-fatty acid tretinoin

Main Entry: trans
Pronunciation: tran(t)s, tranz
Function: adjective
1 : characterized by or having certain groups of atoms on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of a double bond or of the plane of a ring in a molecule -- see ALL-TRANS
2 : relating to or being an arrangement of two very closely linked genes in the heterozygous condition in which one mutant allele and one wild-type allele are on each of the two homologous chromosomes -- compare CIS 2