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noun
Any molecule consisting primarily of two nucleotide units.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree English di- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English nucleotide English dinucleotide From di- + nucleotide.
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