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

1 sense of desoxyribonucleic acid

Sense 1
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")
       => polymer -- (a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers)