spliced

verb

1. 1

   To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

2. 2

   To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.

3. 3

   To unite in marriage.

4. 4

   To unite as if splicing.

   “He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.”

5. 5

   To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.