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nucleotide

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. nucleotide (noun)
  2. diphosphopyridine nucleotide (noun)
  3. pyridine nucleotide (noun)
  4. single nucleotide polymorphism (noun)
  5. triphosphopyridine nucleotide (noun)

nu·cle·o·tide

noun \ˈn(y)ü-klē-ə-ˌtīd\

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 RNA and DNA—compare nucleoside

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