wobble medical definition

1. A movement or rotation with an uneven or rocking motion or an unsteady motion from side to side.
2. The ability of one tRNA anticodon to recognize two mRNA codons, as in the third base of a tRNA anticodon pairing with any of a variety of bases that occupy the third position of different mRNA codons instead of pairing according to base pairing rules.

Related Forms:

• wobbler noun