polycistronic: Meaning and Definition of

pol•y•cis•tron•ic

Pronunciation: (pol"ē-si-stron'ik), [key]
— adj. Genetics.
  1. of or pertaining to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.