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ribonucleic acids

ribonucleic acids is the plural of ribonucleic acid.

Meaning of ribonucleic acid

Noun

ribonucleic acid (countable and uncountable, plural ribonucleic acids, abbreviation RNA)

  1. A derivative of DNA having ribose in place of deoxyribose, and uracil in place of thymine; its primary function is in the transcription of genetic material and subsequent synthesis of protein.

Questions about ribonucleic acids

What is ribonucleic acids the plural of?
Ribonucleic acids is the plural of ribonucleic acid.

Words near ribonucleic acids in the dictionary

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

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