Meanings
plural deoxyribonucleic acids · alternative desoxyribonucleic acid
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.
Meronym: nucleotide
Synonyms: deoxyribose nucleic acid, desoxyribose nucleic acid, double helix, DNA, thymonucleic acid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic حِمْض نَوَوِيّ رِيبِيّ مَنْقُوص الأُكْسِجِين
- حِمْض نَوَوِيّ رِيبِيّ مَنْقُوص الأُكْسِجِين (ḥimḍ nawawiyy rībiyy manqūṣ al-ʔuksijīn)deoxyribonucleic acid
Basque azido desoxirribonukleiko
- azido desoxirribonukleikodeoxyribonucleic acid
Bulgarian дезоксирибонуклеи́нова киселина́
- дезоксирибонуклеи́нова киселина́ (dezoksiribonukleínova kiseliná)deoxyribonucleic acid
Catalan àcid desoxiribonucleic
- àcid desoxiribonucleicdeoxyribonucleic acid
Chinese Cantonese 脫氧核糖核酸 /脱氧核糖核酸, 去氧核糖核酸
- 脫氧核糖核酸 /脱氧核糖核酸 (tyut³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹)deoxyribonucleic acid
- 去氧核糖核酸 (heoi³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹)deoxyribonucleic acid
Chinese Mandarin 脫氧核糖核酸 /脱氧核糖核酸, 去氧核糖核酸
- 脫氧核糖核酸 /脱氧核糖核酸 (tuōyǎng hétáng hésuān)deoxyribonucleic acid
- 去氧核糖核酸 (qùyǎng hétáng hésuān)deoxyribonucleic acid
Czech deoxyribonukleová kyselina
- deoxyribonukleová kyselinadeoxyribonucleic acid
Dutch desoxyribonucleïnezuur
- desoxyribonucleïnezuurdeoxyribonucleic acid
Esperanto deoksiribonuklea acido
- deoksiribonuklea acidodeoxyribonucleic acid
Finnish deoksiribonukleiinihappo
- deoksiribonukleiinihappodeoxyribonucleic acid
French acide désoxyribonucléique
- acide désoxyribonucléiquedeoxyribonucleic acid
German Desoxyribonukleinsäure
- Desoxyribonukleinsäuredeoxyribonucleic acid
Greek δεσοξυριβοζονουκλεϊνικό οξύ, δεοξυριβονουκλεϊκό οξύ
- δεσοξυριβοζονουκλεϊνικό οξύ (desoxyrivozonoukleïnikó oxý)deoxyribonucleic acid
- δεοξυριβονουκλεϊκό οξύ (deoxyrivonoukleïkó oxý)deoxyribonucleic acid
Hebrew חומצה דאוקסיריבונוקלאית
- חומצה דאוקסיריבונוקלאית (khumtsá deoksiribonuklé'it)deoxyribonucleic acid
Hungarian dezoxiribonukleinsav
- dezoxiribonukleinsavdeoxyribonucleic acid
Icelandic deoxýríbósakjarnsýra
- deoxýríbósakjarnsýradeoxyribonucleic acid
Indonesian asam deoksiribonukleat
- asam deoksiribonukleatdeoxyribonucleic acid
Irish aigéad dí-ocsairibeanúicléasach
- aigéad dí-ocsairibeanúicléasachdeoxyribonucleic acid
Italian acido desossiribonucleico, acido deossiribonucleico
- acido desossiribonucleicodeoxyribonucleic acid
- acido deossiribonucleicodeoxyribonucleic acid
Japanese デオキシリボ核酸
- デオキシリボ核酸 (deokishiribo kakusan)deoxyribonucleic acid
Korean 디옥시리보핵산
- 디옥시리보핵산 (dioksiribohaeksan)deoxyribonucleic acid
Latvian dezoksiribonukleīnskābe
- dezoksiribonukleīnskābedeoxyribonucleic acid
Lithuanian deoksiribonukleorugštis
- deoksiribonukleorugštisdeoxyribonucleic acid
Malay asid deoksiribonukleik
- asid deoksiribonukleikdeoxyribonucleic acid
Polish kwas deoksyrybonukleinowy, kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy
- kwas deoksyrybonukleinowydeoxyribonucleic acid
- kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowydeoxyribonucleic acid
Portuguese ácido desoxirribonucleico, ácido desoxirribonucléico
- ácido desoxirribonucleicodeoxyribonucleic acid
- ácido desoxirribonucléicodeoxyribonucleic acid
Romanian acid dezoxiribonucleic
- acid dezoxiribonucleicdeoxyribonucleic acid
Russian дезоксирибонуклеи́новая кислота́
- дезоксирибонуклеи́новая кислота́ (dɛzoksiribonukleínovaja kislotá)deoxyribonucleic acid
Slovak deoxyribonukleová kyselina
- deoxyribonukleová kyselinadeoxyribonucleic acid
Spanish ácido desoxirribonucleico
- ácido desoxirribonucleicodeoxyribonucleic acid
Swedish deoxiribonukleinsyra
- deoxiribonukleinsyradeoxyribonucleic acid
Turkish deoksiribonükleik asit
- deoksiribonükleik asitdeoxyribonucleic acid
Ukrainian дезоксирибонуклеї́нова кислота́
- дезоксирибонуклеї́нова кислота́ (dezoksyrybonuklejínova kyslotá)deoxyribonucleic acid
Vietnamese axit đêôxiribônuclêic
- axit đêôxiribônuclêicdeoxyribonucleic acid
Cite this entry
deoxyribonucleic acid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deoxyribonucleic%20acid
“deoxyribonucleic acid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deoxyribonucleic%20acid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deoxyribonucleic acid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deoxyribonucleic%20acid.
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