Usually means: Genetic material storing biological information.
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  1. nucleic acids: Merriam-Webster
  2. nucleic acids: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nucleic acids: Vocabulary.com
  4. nucleic acids: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. nucleic acids: Wiktionary
  6. nucleic acids: Dictionary.com
  7. Nucleic acids: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Nucleic acids: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Nucleic acids: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. nucleic acids: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Nucleic acids: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
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  9. Nucleic acids: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

(Note: See nucleic_acid as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nucleic acid)

noun:  (biochemistry, genetics) Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell
▸ Also see nucleic_acid


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