deoxyribonucleic acid

Noun CEFR B2

di.ɒk.sɪˌɹaɪ.bəʊ.njuːˈkleɪ.ɪk ˈæ.sɪd

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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

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Españolácido desoxirribonucleico

Françaisacide désoxyribonucléique

DeutschDesoxyribonukleinsäure

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العربيةحِمْض نَوَوِيّ رِيبِيّ مَنْقُوص الأُكْسِجِين

Azərbaycan dilidezoksiribonuklein turşusu

Българскидезоксирибонуклеинова киселина

Bosanskidezoksiribonukleinska kiselina дезоксирибонуклеинска киселина

Catalààcid desoxiribonucleic

Češtinadeoxyribonukleová kyselina

Ελληνικάδεοξυριβονουκλεϊκό οξύ δεσοξυριβοζονουκλεϊνικό οξύ

Suomideoksiribonukleiinihappo desoksiribonukleiinihappo

Galegoácido desoxirribonucleico

Hrvatskidezoksiribonukleinska kiselina дезоксирибонуклеинска киселина

Magyardezoxiribonukleinsav

Հայերենդեզօքսիռիբոնուկլեինաթթու

Bahasa Indonesiaasam deoksiribonukleat

Íslenskadeoxýríbósakjarnsýra

Italianoacido deossiribonucleico acido desossiribonucleico

日本語デオキシリボ核酸

ქართულიდეზოქსირიბონუკლეინის მჟავა

Қазақ тілідезоксирибонуклеин қышқылы

한국어디옥시리보핵산

Latviešudezoksiribonukleīnskābe

Nederlandsdesoxyribonucleïnezuur

Polskikwas deoksyrybonukleinowy kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy

Portuguêsácido desoxirribonucleico

Românăacid dezoxiribonucleic

Русскийдезоксирибонуклеиновая кислота

Српскиdezoksiribonukleinska kiselina дезоксирибонуклеинска киселина

Svenskadeoxiribonukleinsyra

Türkçedeoksiribonükleik asit

Українськадезоксирибонуклеї́нова кислота́

Tiếng Việtaxit đêôxiribônuclêic

Examples

“Meronym: nucleotide”

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Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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deoxyribonucleic acid

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