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Deoxyribonucleic acid Moderate

Deoxyribonucleic acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information

"DNA is the king of molecules"

2

A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living, see virus); consists of a polymer formed from nucleotides which are shaped into a double helix; it is associated with the transmission of genetic information.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
polymer
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
operon complementary DNA episome exon intron junk DNA recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid sticky end transposon
Rhyming Words
cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid
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