"nucleic acid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /njuːˈkliː.ɪk ˈæsɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /njuːˈkleɪ.ɪk ˈæsɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nuˈkleɪ.ɪk ˈæsɪd/ [US] Audio: en-us-nucleic acid.ogg Forms: nucleic acids [plural]
Etymology: nucleic + acid Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nucleic acid (countable and uncountable, plural nucleic acids)
  1. (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 Wikipedia link: nucleic acid Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Genetics Synonyms: nucleic acid Hypernyms: macromolecule Hyponyms: DNA, RNA Meronyms: nucleobase Related terms: DNA, RNA, nucleoside, nucleotide Translations (acidic chainlike biological macromolecule): azido nukleiko (Basque), àcid nucleic [masculine] (Catalan), 核酸 (hu̍t-sng, he̍k-sng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 核酸 (hat⁶ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 核酸 (hésuān) (Chinese Mandarin), nukleová kyselina [feminine] (Czech), nukleinsyre [common-gender] (Danish), nucleïnezuur [neuter] (Dutch), kernzuur [neuter] (Dutch), nuklea acido (Esperanto), kjarnasýra [feminine] (Faroese), nukleiinihappo (Finnish), tumahappo (Finnish), acide nucléique (French), ácido nucleico [masculine] (Galician), Nukleinsäure [feminine] (German), νουκλεϊκό οξύ (noukleïkó oxý) [neuter] (Greek), 核酸 (het-sôn) (Hakka Chinese), nukleinsav (Hungarian), kjarnsýra [feminine] (Icelandic), asam nukleat (Indonesian), aigéad núicléasach [masculine] (Irish), acido nucleico [masculine] (Italian), 核酸 (kakusan) (alt: かくさん) (Japanese), нуклеин қышқылы (nuklein qyşqyly) (Kazakh), 핵산 (haeksan) (alt: 核酸) (Korean), asid nukleik (Malay), нуклейн хүчил (nuklejn xüčil) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), бөөм хүчил (bööm xüčil) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), asîda nûkleyî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), navketirş [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), nukleinsyre [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nukleinsyre [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kwas nukleinowy [masculine] (Polish), ácido nucleico [masculine] (Portuguese), acid nucleic [masculine] (Romanian), нуклеи́новая кислота́ (nukleínovaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), nukleová kyselina [feminine] (Slovak), ácido nucleico [masculine] (Spanish), nukleinsyra [common-gender] (Swedish), 核酸 (hêg⁴ seng¹) (Teochew), กรดนิวคลีอิก (gròt-niu-klii-ìk) (Thai), нуклеї́нова кислота́ (nuklejínova kyslotá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), axit nucleic (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-nucleic_acid-en-noun-iGnlE5VW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Greek terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Teochew terms with redundant transliterations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hakka translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Teochew translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, genetics, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Derived forms: nucleic acid analogue (alt: XNA), bridged nucleic acid (alt: BNA), deoxyribonucleic acid (english: DNA), glycol nucleic acid (alt: GNA), locked nucleic acid (alt: LNA), peptide nucleic acid (alt: PNA), ribonucleic acid (alt: RNA), spherical nucleic acid (alt: SNA), threonucleic acid (alt: TNA), threose nucleic acid (alt: TNA), unlocked nucleic acid (alt: UNA), xeno nucleic acid (alt: XNA)

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          "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
          "word": "azido nukleiko"
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      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
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      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
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      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kjarnsýra"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "word": "asam nukleat"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
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      "word": "acido nucleico"
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      "alt": "かくさん",
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      "alt": "核酸",
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      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
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      "code": "mn",
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      "word": "бөөм хүчил"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "nukleinsyre"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nukleinsyre"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwas nukleinowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido nucleico"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acid nucleic"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nukleínovaja kislotá",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нуклеи́новая кислота́"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "nukleová kyselina"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido nucleico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "nukleinsyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gròt-niu-klii-ìk",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "word": "กรดนิวคลีอิก"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nuklejínova kyslotá",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нуклеї́нова кислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "acidic chainlike biological macromolecule",
      "word": "axit nucleic"
    }
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}

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