or chiefly Brit  pro*gramme  n :  a sequence of coded instructions (as genes or behavioral responses) that is part of an organism
, or chiefly Brit  programme  vt, -grammed  or  -gramed  -gram*ming  or  -gram*ing  1  :  to code in an organism's program  2  :  to provide with a biological program <cells programmed to synthesize hemoglobin>  .
 
 
 
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