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threonucleic

threonucleic adjective: pertaining to a cell nucleus and being based on threose.

Adjective

threonucleic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a cell nucleus and being based on threose.

Origin of threonucleic

Blend of threose + nucleic.

Words formed from threonucleic

Phrases with threonucleic

Questions about threonucleic

What does threonucleic mean?
Threonucleic means pertaining to a cell nucleus and being based on threose.
What part of speech is threonucleic?
Threonucleic is an adjective.

Words near threonucleic in the dictionary

  1. threonin
  2. threonine
  3. threonines
  4. threonins
  5. threonone
  6. threonucleic
  7. threonucleic acid
  8. threonucleic acids
  9. threonyl
  10. threonylation
  11. threonyls

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