ribose nucleic acid

ri·bo·nu·cle·ic ac·id

[rahy-boh-noo-klee-ik, -kley-, -nyoo-, rahy-]
noun Biochemistry.
Also, ribose nucleic acid.


Origin:
1930–35; ribo(se) + nucleic acid

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To ribose nucleic acid
Collins
World English Dictionary
ribonucleic acid (ˌraɪbəʊnjuːˈkliːɪk, -ˈkleɪ-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the full name of RNA
 
[C20: from ribo(se) + nucleic acid]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Ribose nucleic acid is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary

ribonucleic acid ri·bo·nu·cle·ic acid (rī'bō-n&oomacr;-klē'ĭk, -klā'-, -ny&oomacr;-)
n.
RNA.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
ribonucleic acid   (rī'bō-n-klē'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
See RNA.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
ribonucleic acid [(reye-boh-nooh-klee-ik)]

See RNA.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT