nucleotide
nuc·leo·tide
noun
1.
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
Origin
From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”).
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