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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun same as
deoxyribonucleic acid .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
deoxyribonucleic acid .
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- noun (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
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