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Noun

1. 1
   A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction. countable, uncountable

   "Meronym: nucleotide"

2. 2
   (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 wordnet

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desoxyribonucleic aciddnagenegenotypehereditynucleic acid

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rna