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ribonucleic

ribonucleic adjective: of or pertaining to ribonucleic acid (RNA) or its derivatives.

Adjective

ribonucleic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to ribonucleic acid (RNA) or its derivatives

Origin of ribonucleic

From ribose + nucleic.

Words formed from ribonucleic

Phrases with ribonucleic

Questions about ribonucleic

What does ribonucleic mean?
Ribonucleic means of or pertaining to ribonucleic acid (RNA) or its derivatives.
What part of speech is ribonucleic?
Ribonucleic is an adjective.

Words near ribonucleic in the dictionary

  1. ribonuclease
  2. ribonucleases
  3. ribonucleasic
  4. ribonucleate
  5. ribonucleates
  6. ribonucleic
  7. ribonucleic acid
  8. ribonucleic acids
  9. ribonucleocapsid
  10. ribonucleocapsids
  11. ribonucleolysis

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