• A DNA synthesis process that uses RNA as the initial template for synthesis of DNA, but which also includes an RNase activity to remove the RNA strand of an RNA-DNA heteroduplex produced by the RNA-dependent synthesis step and use of the initial DNA strand as a template for DNA synthesis.
  Gene Ontology Dictionary
  Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
• In biology, the process in cells by which an enzyme makes a copy of DNA from RNA. The enzyme that makes the DNA copy is called reverse transcriptase and is found in retroviruses, such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Reverse transcription can also be carried out in the laboratory.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• The biosynthesis of DNA carried out on a template of RNA.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
• (reverse transcription process) The action of copying RNA into DNA by reverse transcriptase.
  NCI
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021