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

1 sense of ribonucleic acid

Sense 1
ribonucleic acid, RNA -- ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses")
       => polymer -- (a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers)