Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun complementary_dna

1 sense of complementary dna

Sense 1
complementary DNA, cDNA -- (single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase)
       => deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA -- ((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; "DNA is the king of molecules")