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# How to pronounce "cdna" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/kdnæ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **cdna**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: Initialism of complementary DNA.
- **NOUN**: Initialism of copy DNA.

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "cdna" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "And you can either make them yourself or you can buy them commercially. cDNAs generally take the form of two-color hybridizations, where you simultaneously hybridize a test sample and a reference or a control, whereas the oligonucleotide arrays generally use a single color."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFX04wkGZ3Y&t=340s)

### Example 2
> "into cdna or a copy dna you then amplify the dna as many times"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 21:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GInxxC_eCWE&t=1275s)

### Example 3
> "So cDNAs-- they're very different from Affy arrays."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 12:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8gzYz51K9I&t=763s)

### Example 4
> "It's called cDNA or complimentary DNA to indicate that it's a copy, a complimentary copy of the messenger RNA. This is a much more"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 32:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUddHabtAzk&t=1965s)

### Example 5
> "They're cDNA arrays, and they're oligonucleotide arrays."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFX04wkGZ3Y&t=332s)

### Example 6
> "convert it into cDNA."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 9:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfcPQpKZUk&t=587s)

### Example 7
> "What is cDNA? cDNA remember, we can copy RNA into DNA."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 9:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfcPQpKZUk&t=589s)

### Example 8
> "human cell and make cDNA."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 10:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfcPQpKZUk&t=614s)

### Example 9
> "So I now make cDNA and instead, I put the cDNA in the vector."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 10:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfcPQpKZUk&t=619s)

### Example 10
> "Those different cDNAs get put into the vector, and I now have what's called a cDNA library."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 10:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfcPQpKZUk&t=638s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [cda](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cda), [cdaa](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cdaa), [cdda](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cdda), [cdad](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cdad), [cdb](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cdb), [cdc](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cdc), [cdcr](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cdcr), [cdd](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cdd)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "cdna" correctly?
"cdna" is pronounced `/kdnæ/`. Syllable breakdown: **cdna**.

### What does "cdna" mean in context?
Initialism of complementary DNA.

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