I. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of splice (I)
1. : a spliced section or part : splice
2. : a reinforcement of knitted hose with an extra thread at heel, foot, and toe
II. noun
: the process that occurs chiefly in eukaryotic nuclei by which introns in an RNA transcript are removed and exons are joined to form functional messenger RNA ; also : gene-splicing herein