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nucleic

nucleic adjective: referring to the nucleus of something.

Adjective

nucleic (not comparable)

  1. Referring to the nucleus of something.
    • Nucleic acids are found in the nuclei of cells.

Words formed from nucleic

Phrases with nucleic

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Questions about nucleic

What does nucleic mean?
Nucleic means referring to the nucleus of something.
What part of speech is nucleic?
Nucleic is an adjective.

Words near nucleic in the dictionary

  1. nucleations
  2. nucleative
  3. nucleator
  4. nucleators
  5. nuclei
  6. nucleic
  7. nucleic acid
  8. nucleic acid test
  9. nucleic acid tests
  10. nucleic acids
  11. nucleicity

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