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polynucleotide

[pol-ee-noo-klee-uh-tahyd, -nyoo-]
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noun Biochemistry.
  1. a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
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Origin of polynucleotide

First recorded in 1910–15; poly- + nucleotide
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British Dictionary definitions for polynucleotide

polynucleotide

noun
  1. biochem a molecular chain of nucleotides chemically bonded by a series of ester linkages between the phosphoryl group of one nucleotide and the hydroxyl group of the sugar in the adjacent nucleotide. Nucleic acids consist of long chains of polynucleotides
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polynucleotide

(pŏl′ē-nōō′klē-ə-tīd′)
n.
  1. A linear polymer containing an indefinite, usually large number of nucleotides linked from one ribose or deoxyribose to another by phosphoric residues.
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