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DNA Definition


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deoxyribonucleic acid
noun
    1. biochem.
      The nucleic acid that forms the material of which the chromosomes and genes of almost all living organisms are composed, containing coded instructions for the transmission of genetic information from one generation to the next and for the manufacture of all the proteins that are required for the growth and development of a whole new organism.
Etymology: 1930s.




DNA
abbreviation
    1. Deoxyribonucleic acid.


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