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deoxyribonucleic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /di.ɒk.sɪˌɹaɪ.bəʊ.njuːˈkleɪ.ɪk/
  • General-American: /di.ɑk.siˌɹaɪ.boʊ.nuˈkleɪ.ɪk/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D IY0 AA2 K S IY0 R AY2 B OW0 N UW0 K L EY1 IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or its derivatives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From deoxyribose + nucleic.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: дэзоксірыбануклеі́навы (dezoksirybanukljeínavy) — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Catalan: desoxiribonucleic — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Czech: deoxyribonukleový — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • French: désoxyribonucléique — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Galician: desoxirribonucleico — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Greek: δεσοξυριβονουκλεϊνικός (desoxyrivonoukleïnikós) — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Polish: deoksyrybonukleinowy — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Polish: dezoksyrybonukleinowy — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Portuguese: desoxirribonucleico — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Russian: дезоксирибонуклеи́новый (dezoksiribonukleínovyj) — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Spanish: desoxirribonucleico — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Ukrainian: дезоксирибонуклеї́новий (dezoksyrybonuklejínovyj) — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Vietnamese: đêôxiribônuclêic — Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid