DNA

See also dna

English

Wikipedia

Initialism

DNA

1. (genetics) deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material of nearly all forms of life.
2. Defense Nuclear Agency.
3. Did Not Answer.
4. Did Not Arrive (used when someone fails to keep an appointment).
5. Did Not Attend.
6. Do Not Assume.
7. Drugs 'n' alcohol.

Noun

DNA (uncountable)

1. A substance in living beings which determines their form, and can be used to uniquely identify a person.
2. (biochemistry) A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acids (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.

Derived terms

• junk DNA
• mitochondrial DNA
• chloroplast DNA
• DNA test
• mtDNA
• rDNA
• ssDNA
• dsDNA

Related terms

• RNA
• XNA
• PNA
• TNA
• GNA

Translations

deoxyribonucleic acid

Afrikaans: DNS (af) (deoksiribonukleïnesuur) Arabic: دنا (ar) (dinaa) f., الحمض النووي الريبي منقوص الأكسجين (ar) m. Armenian: ԴՆԹ (hy) (DNT’) Bosnian: DNK (dezoksiribonukleinska kiselina) f. Catalan: ADN (ca) (àcid desoxiribonucleic) Chinese: Mandarin: 核酸 (zh) (hésuān), 脫氧核糖核酸 (zh), 脱氧核糖核酸 (zh) (tuōyǎnghé táng hésuān) Danish: dna (da) Dutch: DNA, DNZ (nl) (Desoxyribonucleïnezuur; rarely used) Finnish: DNA (fi) (deoksiribonukleiinihappo) French: ADN (fr) (acide désoxyribonucléique) m. German: DNS (de) (Desoxyribonukleinsäure) f. Hindi: डीएनए (hi) (ḍī'ēn'ē) Hungarian: DNS (hu) Icelandic: DNA (is) n., (rare, deoxýríbósakjarnsýra) DKS (is) n. Interlingua: ADN (acido desoxyribonucleic), DNA

Italian: ADN (it) (acido desossiribonucleico) m. Japanese: デオキシリボ核酸 (ja) (deokishiribo kakusan), ＤＮＡ (ja) (dī-enu-ē), ディー・エヌ・エー (ja) (dī-enu-ē) Latvian: DNS (lv) (dezoksiribonukleīnskābe) Lithuanian: DNR (lt) (deoksiribonukleininė rūgštis) Macedonian: ДНК (mk) (дезоксирибонуклеинска киселина) f. Polish: DNA (pl) Portuguese: ADN (pt) (ácido desoxirribonucléico), DNA Romanian: ADN (ro) (acid dezoxiribonucleic) m. Russian: ДНК (ru) (de-en-ká) f. (дезоксирибонуклеиновая кислота) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: ДНК (sr) (дезоксирибонуклеинска киселина) f. Roman: DNK (dezoksiribonukleinska kiselina) f. Slovak: DNK (sk) (deoxyribonukleová kyselina) f., DNA n. Slovene: DNK (sl) Spanish: ADN (es), (written out) ácido desoxirribonucleico m. Turkish: DNA (tr) Urdu: ڈی این اے (ur) (ḍī 'ēn 'ē)

Anagrams

• ADN
• and, AND
• dan, Dan, Dan., DAN
• nad, NAD
• NDA

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Pronunciation

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Initialism

DNA

1. desoxyribonucleïnezuur (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Anagrams

• dan

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French

Abbreviation

DNA

1. Dernière Nouvelles d'Alsace ("Latest News from Alsace"), a French periodical.

Anagrams

• ADN

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Noun

DNA

• DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid
• Also used figuratively, e.g. 商业 DNA， "corporate DNA"

For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

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Turkish

Abbreviation

DNA

1. "Deoksiribonükleik asit", deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material of nearly all forms of life.