"nucleotide" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-nucleotide.wav Forms: nucleotides [plural]
Etymology: From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|nucleo-|-ide|gloss1=relating to the nucleus|gloss2=chemical suffix}} nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} nucleotide (plural nucleotides)
  1. (biochemistry) The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group. Categories (topical): Biochemistry Hyponyms: adenosine triphosphate (english: ATP), adenylate, guanylate, cytidylate, thymidylate, uridylate Holonyms: codon, DNA, RNA Meronyms: nucleobase Related terms: nucleoside, nucleobase, DNA, RNA Translations (monomer constituting DNA or RNA): nucleòtid [masculine] (Catalan), 核苷酸 (hu̍t-kam-sng, he̍k-kam-sng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 核苷酸 (hat⁶ gam¹ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 核苷酸 (hégānsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), nukleotid [masculine] (Czech), nukleotido (Esperanto), nukleotidi (Finnish), nucléotide [masculine] (French), Nukleotid [neuter] (German), nukleotid (Hungarian), kirni [neuter] (Icelandic), núkleótíð [neuter] (Icelandic), nukleotida (Indonesian), nucleotide [masculine] (Italian), ヌクレオチド (nukureochido) (Japanese), នុយក្លេអូទីត (nuykleeʼoutiit) (Khmer), 뉴클레오티드 (nyukeulle'otideu) (Korean), pūiokarihi (Maori), nucleotídeo [masculine] (Portuguese), nucleotidă [feminine] (Romanian), нуклеоти́д (nukleotíd) [masculine] (Russian), nucleótido [masculine] (Spanish), nukleotid [common-gender] (Swedish), nükleotit (Turkish), нуклеоти́д (nukleotýd) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-nucleotide-en-noun-iaP8bLlQ Categories (other): Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with nucleo-, English terms suffixed with -ide, Entries with translation boxes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Derived forms: antinucleotide, binucleotide, cyclic nucleotide, decanucleotide, deoxynucleotide, deoxyribonucleotide, desoxynucleotide, dideoxynucleotide, dinucleotide, diphosphopyridine nucleotide, dodecanucleotide, duodecanucleotide, ectonucleotide, endonucleotide, exonucleotide, fluoronucleotide, glyceronucleotide, heptanucleotide, heteronucleotide, hexanucleotide, homonucleotide, internucleotide, intranucleotide, kilonucleotide, meganucleotide, mononucleotide, multinucleotide, nonanucleotide, nucleotidase, nucleotidic, nucleotidyl, nucleotidylexotransferase, nucleotidyltransferase, octanucleotide, oligodeoxynucleotide, oligonucleotide, pentanucleotide, phosphonucleotide, polynucleotidase, polynucleotide, quadranucleotide, radionucleotide, ribonucleotide, septanucleotide, tetranucleotide, trinucleotide, trinucleotide repeat disorder, triphosphopyridine nucleotide, undecanucleotide

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      "word": "polynucleotide"
    },
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      "word": "quadranucleotide"
    },
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      "word": "radionucleotide"
    },
    {
      "word": "ribonucleotide"
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    {
      "word": "septanucleotide"
    },
    {
      "word": "tetranucleotide"
    },
    {
      "word": "trinucleotide"
    },
    {
      "word": "trinucleotide repeat disorder"
    },
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      "word": "triphosphopyridine nucleotide"
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      "word": "undecanucleotide"
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      "word": "DNA"
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      "english": "ATP",
      "word": "adenosine triphosphate"
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    {
      "word": "adenylate"
    },
    {
      "word": "guanylate"
    },
    {
      "word": "cytidylate"
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    {
      "word": "thymidylate"
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      "word": "uridylate"
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      "word": "nucleoside"
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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          "ref": "1993 December 28, James Younger, “Fishy Short Cut To Mapping Human Genome”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "With a genome of only 400 million or so nucleotide bases, the pufferfish, Fugu rubripes rubripes, has the smallest known genome of any vertebrate animal. […] But the region of DNA between the landmarks can be a million or more nucleotides long.",
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          "ref": "2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 464:",
          "text": "Magid draws […] a diagram depicting a restriction enzyme cutting neatly through a sequence of nucleotides.",
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        }
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
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      "word": "nucleòtid"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "核苷酸"
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      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "核苷酸"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "nukleotido"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "nukleotidi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nucléotide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Nukleotid"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "nukleotid"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "kirni"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "núkleótíð"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "nukleotida"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nucleotide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nukureochido",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "ヌクレオチド"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "nuykleeʼoutiit",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "នុយក្លេអូទីត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nyukeulle'otideu",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "뉴클레오티드"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "pūiokarihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nucleotídeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nucleotidă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nukleotíd",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "нуклеоти́д"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "nucleótido"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nukleotid"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "word": "nükleotit"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nukleotýd",
      "sense": "monomer constituting DNA or RNA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нуклеоти́д"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nucleotide"
}

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