Usually means: Lacking a nucleobase in DNA.
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adjective:  (medicine) Of, pertaining to or caused by abasia.
adjective:  (biochemistry, of a site in a DNA molecule) That has neither a purine nor a pyrimidine base.
adjective:  (genetics, biochemistry) Missing a nucleotide base

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