Usually means: Short sequence of DNA or RNA.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (oligonucleotide)

▸ noun:  a short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs

Similar:
oliogonucleotide, oligosequence, oligo, mononucleotide, oligoribonucleotide, ribooligonucleotide, oligonucleosome, oligopeptide, polyhomonucleotide, polynucleotide, more...

Opposite:
polynucleotide, DNA strand

Types:
siRNA, miRNA, cDNA, antisense RNA, ribozyme, more...

Phrases:
oligonucleotide probes, oligonucleotide probe, antisense oligonucleotide, oligonucleotide microarray, oligonucleotide array sequence analysis, more...

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Similar:
oliogonucleotide, oligosequence, oligo, mononucleotide, oligoribonucleotide, ribooligonucleotide, oligonucleosome, oligopeptide, polyhomonucleotide, polynucleotide, more...

Opposite:
polynucleotide, DNA strand

Types:
siRNA, miRNA, cDNA, antisense RNA, ribozyme, more...

Phrases:
oligonucleotide probes, oligonucleotide probe, antisense oligonucleotide, oligonucleotide microarray, oligonucleotide array sequence analysis, oligonucleotide ligation assay, Oligonucleotide synthesis, more...

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