deoxyribonucleic acid

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

noun

Genetics.

1. DNA.

deoxyribonucleic acid

/ diːˌɒksɪˌraɪbəʊnjuːˈkleɪɪk /

noun

1. the full name for DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

1. See DNA

Word History and Origins

Origin of deoxyribonucleic acid¹

First recorded in 1930–35; deoxy- + ribonucleic acid

Example Sentences

Coincidentally, Oswald Avery had only the year before shown that a relatively simple compound — deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA — must play a role in transferring genetic information.

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Their discovery - of the structure and function of deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA - ranks alongside those of Mendel and Darwin in its significance to modern science.

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These include long stable chains like those in deoxyribonucleic acid, better known as DNA, sometimes called the building blocks of life, which are capable of storming information that allow organisms to develop, replicate and evolve.

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In living things, deoxyribonucleic acid, more commonly known as DNA, carries biological information that instructs the cells of organisms on how to form, grow, and reproduce.

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With this arrest, the mystery of the Golden State Killer was solved thanks to the forensic analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid, a criminal justice technique that dates back to the mid-1980s.

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