— palindromist /peuh lin"droh mist/ , n. — palindromic /pal'in drom"ik, -droh"mik/ , palindromical , adj. — palindromically , adv.
/pal"in drohm'/ , n.
1. a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
2. Biochem. a region of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides is identical with an inverted sequence in the complementary strand: GAATTC is a palindrome of CTTAAG.
[ 1620-30; palíndromos recurring, equiv. to pálin again, back + -dromos running (see -DROME) ]