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deoxyribonucleotide

[ dee-ok-si-rahy-boh-noo-klee-uh-tahyd, -nyoo- ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. an ester of a deoxyribonucleoside and phosphoric acid; a constituent of DNA.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of deoxyribonucleotide1

First recorded in 1945–50; deoxyribo(nucleic acid) + nucleotide

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