deoxyribonucleoprotein

[ dee-ok-si-rahy-boh-noo-klee-uh-proh-teen, -tee-in, -nyoo- ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. any of a class of nucleoproteins that yield DNA upon partial hydrolysis.

Origin of deoxyribonucleoprotein

1
First recorded in 1940–45; deoxyribonucle(ic acid) + -o- + protein

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