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DNA stands for deoxyribonucleicacid and is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic code. (noun)

An example of DNA is the chain of basic materials in the chromosomes of the human cell.

See DNA in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a nucleic acid that is bound in double helical chains by hydrogen bonds between the bases, forming the basic material in the chromosomes of the cell nucleus: it contains the genetic code and transmits the hereditary pattern

See DNA in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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noun

A nucleic acid that carries the genetic information in the cell and is capable of self-replication and synthesis of RNA. DNA consists of two long chains of nucleotides twisted into a double helix and joined by hydrogen bonds between the complementary bases adenine and thymine or cytosine and guanine. The sequence of nucleotides determines individual hereditary characteristics.

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