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Meaning of nucleic acid | Babel Free

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

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

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