RNA
/ɑː(ɹ)ɛn eɪ/
RNA is the initialism of ribonucleic acid.
Meaning of ribonucleic acid
Noun
ribonucleic acid (countable and uncountable, plural ribonucleic acids, abbreviation RNA)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- ribose nucleic acid
Forms of RNA
| plural | RNAs |
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Words formed from RNA
- aiRNA
- A-RNA
- asRNA
- bacRNA
- birnavirus
- cfRNA
- chiRNA
- ctRNA
- dsRNA
- gRNA
- lhRNA
- lRNA
- macroRNA
- microRNA
- miRNA
- miscRNA
- modRNA
- mRNA
- messenger RNA
- mtRNA
- nanoRNA
- ncRNA
- nsRNA
- pgRNA
- picornavirus
- rasiRNA
- ribosomal RNA
- RNAemia
- RNA expression profile
- RNA interference
- saRNA
- satsiRNA
- sdRNA
- siRNA
- small interfering RNA
- smRNA
- ssRNA
- tmRNA
- tRNA
- transfer RNA
- vcRNA
- vRNA
- Z-RNA
Phrases with RNA
- RNA virus
- RNA world
- RNA worlds
- RNA viruses
- enhancer RNA
- RNA splicing
- non-coding RNA
- RNA polymerase
- RNA polymerases
- RNA expression pattern
- RNA expression patterns
- RNA expression profiles
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Questions about RNA
- What is RNA the initialism of?
- RNA is the initialism of ribonucleic acid.
- How do you pronounce RNA?
- RNA is pronounced /ɑː(ɹ)ɛn eɪ/.
Words near RNA in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: RNA (page history and authors); ribonucleic acid (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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