nucleic acid
UK/njuːˈkliː.ɪk ˈæsɪd//nuˈkleɪ.ɪk ˈæsɪd/
nucleic acid noun: 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.
Noun
nucleic acid (countable and uncountable, plural nucleic acids)
- 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
nucleic acid meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Thai
nucleic acid in Tamil
- கருக்காடி, உட்கரு அமிலம், நியூக்ளிக் அமிலம், மரபு அமிலம், நியூக்கிளிக்குக் காடி, நியூக்கிளிக்கு அமிலம்
nucleic acid in Malay
- acidic chainlike biological macromolecule
- asid nukleik
nucleic acid in Indonesian
- acidic chainlike biological macromolecule
- asam nukleat
nucleic acid in Thai
- acidic chainlike biological macromolecule
- กรดนิวคลีอิก gròt-niu-klii-ìk
More languagesFewer languages
- nucleic acid in Vietnamese
- axit nucleic
Forms of nucleic acid
| plural | nucleic acids |
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Origin of nucleic acid
nucleic + acid; named for the fact that in eukaryotes, some of the important actions of such acids are especially associated with the nucleus of the cell.
Words formed from nucleic acid
- bridged nucleic acid
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- glycol nucleic acid
- locked nucleic acid
- nucleic acid analogue
- peptide nucleic acid
- ribonucleic acid
- spherical nucleic acid
- threonucleic acid
- threose nucleic acid
- unlocked nucleic acid
- xeno nucleic acid
Questions about nucleic acid
- What does nucleic acid mean?
- Nucleic acid means 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.
- What is nucleic acid in Tamil?
- Nucleic acid in Tamil is கருக்காடி, உட்கரு அமிலம், நியூக்ளிக் அமிலம். See Nucleic acid meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nucleic acid?
- Nucleic acid is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nucleic acid?
- Nucleic acid is pronounced /njuːˈkliː.ɪk ˈæsɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nucleic acid?
- The plural of nucleic acid is nucleic acids.
Words near nucleic acid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nucleic acid (page history and authors); nucleic acid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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