nucleic acid

Noun CEFR B2

njuːˈkliː.ɪk ˈæsɪd

Definitions

Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolácido nucleico

Françaisacide nucléique

DeutschNukleinsäure

22 more languages

Catalààcid nucleic

Češtinanukleová kyselina

Dansknukleinsyre

Ελληνικάνουκλεϊκό οξύ

Esperantonuklea acido

Euskaraazido nukleiko

Suominukleiinihappo tumahappo

Galegoácido nucleico

Magyarnukleinsav

Bahasa Indonesiaasam nukleat

Íslenskakjarnsýra

Italianoacido nucleico

日本語核酸

한국어핵산

Nederlandskernzuur nucleïnezuur

Polskikwas nukleinowy

Portuguêsácido nucleico

Românăacid nucleic

Русскийнуклеи́новая кислота́

Svenskanukleinsyra

ไทยกรดนิวคลีอิก

Українськануклеї́нова кислота́

CEFR level

B2

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

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See also

nucleic acid test nucleicity nucleii nuclein nucleoalbumin nucleoalbuminuria

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