Medical Dictionary
nucleic acid
noun nu·cle·ic acid \n(y)u̇-ˌklē-ik-, -ˌklā-\
Medical Definition of NUCLEIC ACID
: any of various acids (as an RNA or a DNA) composed of nucleotide chains
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