nucleic acid | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun nucleic acid has 1 sense

nucleic acid - (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotid chains that are vital constituents of all living cells
--₁ is a kind of macromolecule, supermolecule
--₁ is a part of
deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA; ribonucleic acid, RNA

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