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[syn: ribonucleic acid, RNA]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
macromolecule \mac`ro*mol"e*cule\, n. (Chem., Biochem.)
A very large molecule, especially a polymer having from
hundreds to many thousands of atoms, such as DNA, RNA,
protein, polysaccharide, polyethylene, polycarbonate,
etc.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
RNA
n 1: (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found
in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where
it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic
information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain
chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the
genetic material of some viruses" [syn: ribonucleic acid,
RNA]