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nucleic acid noun

  /njuːˈkleɪ.ɪk ˈæsɪd/ , /njuːˈkliː.ɪk ˈæsɪd/ , /nuˈkleɪ.ɪk ˈæsɪd/
  • (biochemistry, genetics) Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell
 acidum nucleicum
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