deoxyribonucleoprotein

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

de·ox·y·ri·bo·nu·cle·o·pro·tein

[dee-ok-si-rahy-boh-noo-klee-uh-proh-teen, -tee-in, -nyoo-]
noun Biochemistry.
any of a class of nucleoproteins that yield DNA upon partial hydrolysis.

Origin:
1940–45; deoxyribonucle(ic acid) + -o- + protein
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deoxyribonucleoprotein de·ox·y·ri·bo·nu·cle·o·pro·tein (dē-ŏk'sē-rī'bō-n&oomacr;'klē-ō-prō'tēn', -prō'tē-ĭn, -ny&oomacr;'-)
n.
DNP.

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