Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix;
associated with the transmission of genetic information;
- Example: "DNA is the king of molecules"[syn: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
desoxyribonucleic acid \desoxyribonucleic acid\ n.
same as deoxyribonucleic acid.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
desoxyribonucleic acid
n 1: (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus
of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a
double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic
information; "DNA is the king of molecules" [syn:
deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA]