splicer
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- noun
- /ˈsplaɪsər/
- Jargon
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mutante
- gene splicer
Examples
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He's the best kimeric gene splicer on the planet.
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It can now be recruited to the splicer zone where it can be joined to the splice leader and create that little spliced messenger RNA.
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But for Bioshock, I was always running into splicers and more audio logs, so if I didn't stop and hide while I was listening, then I ended up just ignoring them.
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The splicer was a terrifying sight, with grotesque mutations visible on its twisted body.
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Many survivors learned to avoid areas inhabited by splicers, as they were often aggressive and hostile.
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In the fictional world, splicers roam the abandoned streets, seeking out their next victim.
How Mutated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Splicer still comes from the verb splice ('to join'), but in science fiction it often refers to someone changed by 'gene splicing' or other mixing of parts. A helpful way to remember it is that these characters are the result of joining different biological parts, so a splicer is a being altered by that joining.