"RNA" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: RNAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} RNA (countable and uncountable, plural RNAs)
  1. (biochemistry) Initialism of ribonucleic acid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: ribonucleic acid Categories (topical): Biochemistry Related terms: DNA, GNA, PNA, TNA, XNA Translations (abbreviation of ribonucleic acid): РНК (RNK) (alt: рибонуклеинова киселина (ribonukleinova kiselina)) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ARN [masculine] (Catalan), RNA (ribonukleiinihappo) (Finnish), ARN [masculine] (French), რნმ (rnm) (Georgian), RNS (Ribonukleinsäure f) [feminine] (German), RNA [neuter] (Greek), RNS (Hungarian), RKS (Icelandic), RNA [masculine] (Italian), RNA (āru-enu-ē) (Japanese), អអិនអេ (ʼɑɑ ʼən ʼee) (Khmer), RNS (ribonukleīnskābe) [feminine] (Latvian), РНК (RNK) (alt: рибонуклеинска киселина f (ribonukleinska kiselina)) [feminine] (Macedonian), tuipūmua (Maori), RNA [neuter] (Polish), RNA [masculine] (Portuguese), ARN [masculine] (Portuguese), ARN (Romanian), РНК (RNK) (alt: рибонуклеи́новая кислота́ (ribonukleínovaja kislotá)) [feminine] (Russian), RNK (ribonukleová kyselina) [feminine] (Slovak), ARN (ácido ribonucleico) [masculine] (Spanish), RNA [neuter] (Swedish), อาร์เอ็นเอ (Thai)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "small interfering RNA"
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          "sense": "abbreviation of ribonucleic acid",
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          "sense": "abbreviation of ribonucleic acid",
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          "sense": "abbreviation of ribonucleic acid",
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          "alt": "рибонуклеи́новая кислота́ (ribonukleínovaja kislotá)",
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          "sense": "abbreviation of ribonucleic acid",
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      "sense": "abbreviation of ribonucleic acid",
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      "sense": "abbreviation of ribonucleic acid",
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      "code": "es",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "abbreviation of ribonucleic acid",
      "word": "อาร์เอ็นเอ"
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  "word": "RNA"
}

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