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oligonucleotide

[ol-i-goh-noo-klee-uh-tahyd, -nyoo-]

noun Biochemistry.

a chain of a few nucleotides.

Origin of oligonucleotide

First recorded in 1940–45; oligo- + nucleotide
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British Dictionary definitions for oligonucleotide

oligonucleotide

noun

a polymer consisting of a small number of nucleotides
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oligonucleotide in Medicine

oligonucleotide

[ŏl′ĭ-gō-nōō′klē-ə-tīd]

n.

A polymeric chain of two to ten nucleotides.
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