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oligonucleotide

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(-no̵̅o̅′klē ō tīd′, -nyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun

a short piece of nucleic acid, usually with less than twenty nucleotides, used in genetic engineering and research

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noun

A short polymer of two to twenty nucleotides.

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