nucleotide
nu·cle·o·tide
noun \ˈnü-klē-ə-ˌtīd, ˈnyü-\Definition of NUCLEOTIDE
: any of several compounds that consist of a ribose or deoxyribose sugar joined to a purine or pyrimidine base and to a phosphate group and that are the basic structural units of nucleic acids (as RNA and DNA) — compare nucleoside
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International Scientific Vocabulary, irregular from nucle- + -ide
First Known Use: 1908
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