ribonucleic acid

American  

[rahy-boh-noo-klee-ik as-id, -kley-, -nyoo-, rahy-] / ˈraɪ boʊ nuˈkli ɪk ˈæs ɪd, -ˈkleɪ-, -nyu-, ˌraɪ- /

Sometimes ribose nucleic acid

noun

Biochemistry.

1. RNA.

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ribonucleic acid British  

/ ˌraɪbəʊnjuːˈkliːɪk, -ˈkleɪ- /

noun

1. the full name of RNA

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ribonucleic acid Scientific  

/ rī′bō-no̅o̅-klē′ĭk /

1. See RNA

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ribonucleic acid Cultural  

1. See RNA.

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Etymology

Origin of ribonucleic acid

First recorded in 1930–35; ribo(se) + nucleic acid

Example Sentences

RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is a crucial molecule that helps translate genetic information into proteins.

From Science Daily

Burns said another study with Gruber looked at how capture methods affect jellyfish ribonucleic acid, known as RNA, one of the building blocks of life.

From Science Daily

RNA, short for ribonucleic acid, would not be possible without uracil.

From Reuters

Pfizer and Moderna don’t use a virus, but rather a genetic code — messenger ribonucleic acid, or mRNA — to spur cells to create a protein that mimics enough of the coronavirus to stimulate an immune response.

From Washington Times

The Merck drug mimics the building blocks of ribonucleic acid, or RNA, causing viral replication to go haywire by creating mutations — so many that the viral genetic machinery fails.

From Washington Post