XNA

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noun

nucleic acid analogue (nucleic acid analog) ; Initialism of xeno nucleic acid (backformation) ; X nucleic acid, where "X" is a stand-in for multitude of various nucleic acid acronyms, which are not DNA or RNA.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismjournalismInitialism of Xinhua News Agency (“新华社”); the New China News Agency (新华通讯社); the government news agency of the People's Republic of China.
nounXNA (plural XNAs)

plural XNAs

  1. biochemistrynucleic acid analogue (nucleic acid analog) ; Initialism of xeno nucleic acid (backformation) ; X nucleic acid, where "X" is a stand-in for multitude of various nucleic acid acronyms, which are not DNA or RNA.
phrase
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of X-No-Archive.

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APA

XNA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/XNA

MLA

“XNA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/XNA. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “XNA,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/XNA.

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