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desoxyribonucleic acid

de·so·xy·ribonucleicacid

uncommon

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”

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