deoxyribonucleotide
[ dee-ok-si-rahy-boh-noo-klee-uh-tahyd, -nyoo- ]
nounBiochemistry.
an ester of a deoxyribonucleoside and phosphoric acid; a constituent of DNA.
Origin of deoxyribonucleotide
1First recorded in 1945–50; deoxyribo(nucleic acid) + nucleotide
Words Nearby deoxyribonucleotide
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