Deoxyribonucleic acid is DNA; ribonucleic acid is RNA.
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Deoxyribonucleic
//di.ɒk.sɪˌɹaɪ.bəʊ.njuːˈkleɪ.ɪk//
Synonyms for "deoxyribonucleic" (1 found)
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13 translations across 12 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- дэзоксірыбануклеі́навы adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Catalan
1 entries- desoxiribonucleic adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Czech
1 entries- deoxyribonukleový adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
French
1 entries- désoxyribonucléique adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Galician
1 entries- desoxirribonucleico adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Greek
1 entries- δεσοξυριβονουκλεϊνικός adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Polish
2 entries- deoksyrybonukleinowy adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
- dezoksyrybonukleinowy adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Portuguese
1 entries- desoxirribonucleico adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Russian
1 entries- дезоксирибонуклеи́новый adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Spanish
1 entries- desoxirribonucleico adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дезоксирибонуклеї́новий adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đêôxiribônuclêic adj (Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid)
Sample sentences
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Chimpanzees and bonobos share almost ninety-nine percent of our DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid.
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a double helix molecule which contains the genetic information of every living being.
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DNA testing, the analysis of human biological material, is reshaping America's criminal justice system. Deoxyribonucleic acid is the repository of genetic information that resides in our cells, and no two people — not even identical twins — have the same DNA. In criminal investigations, DNA can be extracted from many sources, a single hair follicle — a drop of blood, other bodily fluids, or a microscopic fingernail scraping.
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