Semi-palindrome
Origin
From the prefix "semi-" meaning "half" and "palindrome," indicating a partial or variant form of a palindrome.
Noun
semi-palindrome
(plural semi-palindromes)- (linguistics) A word or phrase that forms a different word or phrase when its letters are reversed.
- (linguistics) A word or phrase in which a small portion is palindromic, while the rest is not.
- (genetics) A sequence of DNA that can be superimposed with its reverse complement.