deoxyribonucleic acid

English

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Structural diagram of a DNA molecule.

Noun

deoxyribonucleic acid (uncountable) (abbreviation DNA)

1. (genetics, biochemistry) A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living, see virus); consists of a polymer formed from nucleotides which are shaped into a double helix; it is associated with the transmission of genetic information.

Alternative forms

• desoxyribonucleic acid

Synonyms

• deoxyribose nucleic acid
• desoxyribose nucleic acid

Meronyms

• nucleotide

Translations

deoxyribonucleic acid

• Armenian: դեզօքսիռիբոնուկլեինաթթու (hy) (dezòk’siṙibonukleinat’t’u)
• Basque: azido desoxirribonukleiko (eu)
• Catalan: àcid desoxiribonucleic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脫氧核糖核酸 (cmn), 脱氧核糖核酸 (cmn) (tuōyǎng hétánghésuān)

• Czech: deoxyribonukleová kyselina (cs) f
• Dutch: desoxyribonucleïnezuur (nl)
• Finnish: deoksiribonukleiinihappo (fi)
• French: acide désoxyribonucléique (fr) m
• German: Desoxyribonukleinsäure (de) f
• Greek: δεσοξυριβοζονουκλεϊνικό οξύ (el) (desoxyrivozonoukleinikó oxý) pl, δεοξυριβονουκλεϊκό οξύ (el) (deoxyrivonoukleikó oxý) pl
• Hebrew: חומצה דאוקסיריבונוקלאית (he) (khumtsá deóksiribonucléit) f
• Icelandic: deoxýríbósakjarnsýra (is) f
• Interlingua: acido desoxyribonucleic (ia)
• Italian: acido desossiribonucleico (it) m, acido deossiribonucleico (it) m

• Japanese: デオキシリボ核酸 (ja) (deokishiribo kakusan)
• Korean: 디옥시리보핵산 (ko) (dioksiribohaeksan)
• Latvian: dezoksiribonukleīnskābe (lv)
• Lithuanian: deoksiribonukleorugštis (lt) f
• Polish: kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: ácido desoxirribonucléico (pt)
• Romanian: acid dezoxiribonucleic (ro) m
• Russian: дезоксирибонуклеиновая кислота (ru) (dɛsoksiribonukleínovaja kislotá) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дезоксирибонуклеинска киселина (sh) f

  Roman: dezoksiribonukleinska kiselina (sh) f

• Slovak: deoxyribonukleová kyselina (sk) f
• Spanish: ácido desoxirribonucleico (es) m
• Swedish: deoxiribonukleinsyra (sv) c
• Turkish: deoksiribonükleik asit (tr)

Related terms

• nucleic acid
• ribonucleic acid (RNA)
• peptide nucleic acid (PNA)
• threose nucleic acid (TNA)
• glycol nucleic acid (GNA)

See also

• unlocked nucleic acid (UNA)
• locked nucleic acid (LNA)
• bridged nucleic acid (BNA)