"deoxyribonucleic acid" meaning in English

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  1. (biochemistry, genetics) A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Genetics Synonyms: deoxyribose nucleic acid, desoxyribose nucleic acid, double helix, DNA [abbreviation], desoxyribonucleic acid Related terms: nucleic acid, ribonucleic acid (alt: RNA), peptide nucleic acid (alt: PNA), threose nucleic acid (alt: TNA), glycol nucleic acid (alt: GNA), unlocked nucleic acid (alt: UNA), locked nucleic acid (alt: LNA), bridged nucleic acid (alt: BNA) Translations (deoxyribonucleic acid): դեզօքսիռիբոնուկլեինաթթու (dezōkʻsiṙibonukleinatʻtʻu) (Armenian), ácidu desoxirribonucleico [neuter] (Asturian), dezoksiribonuklein turşusu (Azerbaijani), azido desoxirribonukleiko (Basque), дэзоксірыбануклеі́навая кіслата́ (dezoksirybanukljeínavaja kislatá) [feminine] (Belarusian), àcid desoxiribonucleic (Catalan), 脫氧核糖核酸 (Chinese Cantonese), 脱氧核糖核酸 (tyut³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 去氧核糖核酸 (heoi³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 脫氧核糖核酸 (Chinese Mandarin), 脱氧核糖核酸 (tuōyǎng hétáng hésuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 去氧核糖核酸 (qùyǎng hétáng hésuān) (Chinese Mandarin), deoxyribonukleová kyselina [feminine] (Czech), desoxyribonucleïnezuur (Dutch), deoksiribonuklea acido (Esperanto), aceu desoxirribonucleicu [masculine] (Extremaduran), deoksiribonukleiinihappo (Finnish), acide désoxyribonucléique [masculine] (French), ácido desoxirribonucleico [masculine] (Galician), დეზოქსირიბონუკლეინის მჟავა (dezoksiribonuḳleinis mžava) (Georgian), Desoxyribonukleinsäure [feminine] (German), δεσοξυριβοζονουκλεϊνικό οξύ (desoxyrivozonoukleïnikó oxý) [plural] (Greek), δεοξυριβονουκλεϊκό οξύ (deoxyrivonoukleïkó oxý) [plural] (Greek), 脫氧核糖核酸 (Hakka Chinese), 脱氧核糖核酸 (thot-yông fu̍t-thòng fu̍t-sôn) (Hakka Chinese), חומצה דאוקסיריבונוקלאית (khumtsá deóksiribonucléit) [feminine] (Hebrew), dezoxiribonukleinsav (Hungarian), deoxýríbósakjarnsýra [feminine] (Icelandic), asam deoksiribonukleat (Indonesian), acido desoxyribonucleic (Interlingua), aigéad dí-ocsairibeanúicléasach [masculine] (Irish), acido desossiribonucleico [masculine] (Italian), acido deossiribonucleico [masculine] (Italian), デオキシリボ核酸 (deokishiribo kakusan) (Japanese), asem dhéyoksiribonukléyat (Javanese), дезоксирибонуклеин қышқылы (dezoksiribonuklein qyşqyly) (Kazakh), 디옥시리보핵산 (dioksiribohaeksan) (Korean), dezoksiribonukleīnskābe (Latvian), deoksiribonukleorugštis [feminine] (Lithuanian), asid deoksiribonukleik (Malay), дезоксирибонуклейны хүчил (dezoksiribonuklejny xüčil) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), хүчилтөрөгч үгэйдүүлсэн бөөм чихрийн бөөм хүчил (xüčiltörögč ügejdüülsen bööm čixriin bööm xüčil) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠬᠦᠴᠢᠯᠲᠥ᠋ᠷᠥᠭᠴᠢ ᠦᠭᠡᠶᠢᠳᠡᠭᠦᠯᠦᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠮ ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠮ ᠬᠦᠴᠢᠯ (küčiltöröɣči ügeyidegülüɣsen bögem sikir-un bögem küčil) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), asîda deoksîrîbonukleyî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), kwas deoksyrybonukleinowy [masculine] (Polish), kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy [masculine] (Polish), ácido desoxirribonucleico [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), ácido desoxirribonucléico [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), acid dezoxiribonucleic [masculine] (Romanian), дезоксирибонуклеи́новая кислота́ (dɛzoksiribonukleínovaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), дезоксирибонуклеинска киселина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dezoksiribonukleinska kiselina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), deoxyribonukleová kyselina [feminine] (Slovak), deoksiribonukleinska kislina [feminine] (Slovene), ácido desoxirribonucleico [masculine] (Spanish), deoxiribonukleinsyra [common-gender] (Swedish), deoksiribonükleik asit (Turkish), дезоксирибонуклеї́нова кислота́ (dezoksyrybonuklejínova kyslotá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), axit đêôxiribônuclêic (Vietnamese)

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          "word": "azido desoxirribonukleiko"
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          "roman": "qùyǎng hétáng hésuān",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
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        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deoxyribonukleová kyselina"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "desoxyribonucleïnezuur"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "deoksiribonuklea acido"
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          "code": "ext",
          "lang": "Extremaduran",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
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          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "deoksiribonukleiinihappo"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
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          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Desoxyribonukleinsäure"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "desoxyrivozonoukleïnikó oxý",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "δεσοξυριβοζονουκλεϊνικό οξύ"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "deoxyrivonoukleïkó oxý",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "δεοξυριβονουκλεϊκό οξύ"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khumtsá deóksiribonucléit",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "חומצה דאוקסיריבונוקלאית"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "dezoxiribonukleinsav"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deoxýríbósakjarnsýra"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "asam deoksiribonukleat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "acido desoxyribonucleic"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aigéad dí-ocsairibeanúicléasach"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "acido desossiribonucleico"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "acido deossiribonucleico"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "deokishiribo kakusan",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "デオキシリボ核酸"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "asem dhéyoksiribonukléyat"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "dezoksiribonuklein qyşqyly",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "дезоксирибонуклеин қышқылы"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dioksiribohaeksan",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "디옥시리보핵산"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "asîda deoksîrîbonukleyî"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "dezoksiribonukleīnskābe"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deoksiribonukleorugštis"
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          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "asid deoksiribonukleik"
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          "roman": "dezoksiribonuklejny xüčil",
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          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xüčiltörögč ügejdüülsen bööm čixriin bööm xüčil",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "China",
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "хүчилтөрөгч үгэйдүүлсэн бөөм чихрийн бөөм хүчил"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "küčiltöröɣči ügeyidegülüɣsen bögem sikir-un bögem küčil",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠬᠦᠴᠢᠯᠲᠥ᠋ᠷᠥᠭᠴᠢ ᠦᠭᠡᠶᠢᠳᠡᠭᠦᠯᠦᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠮ ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠮ ᠬᠦᠴᠢᠯ"
        },
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          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "ácido desoxirribonucleico"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "ácido desoxirribonucléico"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "acid dezoxiribonucleic"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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            "feminine"
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        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "es",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "deoksiribonükleik asit"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dezoksyrybonuklejínova kyslotá",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дезоксирибонуклеї́нова кислота́"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
          "word": "axit đêôxiribônuclêic"
        }
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      "roman": "dezōkʻsiṙibonukleinatʻtʻu",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "դեզօքսիռիբոնուկլեինաթթու"
    },
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      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "dezoksiribonuklein turşusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "azido desoxirribonukleiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dezoksirybanukljeínavaja kislatá",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дэзоксірыбануклеі́навая кіслата́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "àcid desoxiribonucleic"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "脫氧核糖核酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "tyut³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "脱氧核糖核酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "heoi³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "去氧核糖核酸"
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      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "脫氧核糖核酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "thot-yông fu̍t-thòng fu̍t-sôn",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "脱氧核糖核酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "脫氧核糖核酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuōyǎng hétáng hésuān",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "脱氧核糖核酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qùyǎng hétáng hésuān",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "去氧核糖核酸"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoxyribonukleová kyselina"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "desoxyribonucleïnezuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "deoksiribonuklea acido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ext",
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aceu desoxirribonucleicu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "deoksiribonukleiinihappo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acide désoxyribonucléique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido desoxirribonucleico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dezoksiribonuḳleinis mžava",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "დეზოქსირიბონუკლეინის მჟავა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Desoxyribonukleinsäure"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "desoxyrivozonoukleïnikó oxý",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "δεσοξυριβοζονουκλεϊνικό οξύ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "deoxyrivonoukleïkó oxý",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "δεοξυριβονουκλεϊκό οξύ"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khumtsá deóksiribonucléit",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חומצה דאוקסיריבונוקלאית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "dezoxiribonukleinsav"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoxýríbósakjarnsýra"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "asam deoksiribonukleat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "acido desoxyribonucleic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aigéad dí-ocsairibeanúicléasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acido desossiribonucleico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acido deossiribonucleico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "deokishiribo kakusan",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "デオキシリボ核酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "asem dhéyoksiribonukléyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dezoksiribonuklein qyşqyly",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "дезоксирибонуклеин қышқылы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dioksiribohaeksan",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "디옥시리보핵산"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asîda deoksîrîbonukleyî"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "dezoksiribonukleīnskābe"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoksiribonukleorugštis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "asid deoksiribonukleik"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "dezoksiribonuklejny xüčil",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дезоксирибонуклейны хүчил"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xüčiltörögč ügejdüülsen bööm čixriin bööm xüčil",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
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        "Cyrillic"
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      "word": "хүчилтөрөгч үгэйдүүлсэн бөөм чихрийн бөөм хүчил"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "küčiltöröɣči ügeyidegülüɣsen bögem sikir-un bögem küčil",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
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      "word": "ᠬᠦᠴᠢᠯᠲᠥ᠋ᠷᠥᠭᠴᠢ ᠦᠭᠡᠶᠢᠳᠡᠭᠦᠯᠦᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠮ ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠮ ᠬᠦᠴᠢᠯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwas deoksyrybonukleinowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido desoxirribonucleico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido desoxirribonucléico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acid dezoxiribonucleic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dɛzoksiribonukleínovaja kislotá",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дезоксирибонуклеи́новая кислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дезоксирибонуклеинска киселина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dezoksiribonukleinska kiselina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoxyribonukleová kyselina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoksiribonukleinska kislina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido desoxirribonucleico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "deoxiribonukleinsyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "deoksiribonükleik asit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dezoksyrybonuklejínova kyslotá",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дезоксирибонуклеї́нова кислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "deoxyribonucleic acid",
      "word": "axit đêôxiribônuclêic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deoxyribonucleic acid"
}

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