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Definition of: deoxyribonucleic acid
(dē·ok′sē·rī·bō·n
·klē′ik, -ny-) Biochem.
A nucleic acid of complex molecular structure forming a principal constituent of the genes and known to play an important role in the genetic action of the chromosomes. Abbr. DNA.
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