nucleotide

See also: Nucleotide and nucléotide

EnglishEdit

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nucleotide

EtymologyEdit

From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) +‎ -ide (“chemical suffix”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/

NounEdit

nucleotide (plural nucleotides)

(biochemistry) The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.
- 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, Penguin Books (2001), page 464:
  Magid draws [...] a diagram depicting a restriction enzyme cutting neatly through a sequence of nucleotides.

HyponymsEdit

MeronymsEdit

nucleobase

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TranslationsEdit

monomer constituting DNA or RNA

Catalan: nucleòtid m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 核苷酸 (hat⁶ gam¹ syun¹)

Mandarin: 核苷酸 (zh) (hégānsuān)

Min Nan: 核苷酸 (hu̍t-kam-sng, he̍k-kam-sng)
Czech: nukleotid m
Esperanto: nukleotido
Finnish: nukleotidi (fi)
French: nucléotide (fr) m
German: Nukleotid n
Hungarian: nukleotid (hu)
Icelandic: kirni n, núkleótíð n
Italian: nucleotide (it) m
Japanese: ヌクレオチド (nukureochido)
Khmer: នុយក្លេអូទីត (nuykleeʼoutiit)
Korean: 뉴클레오티드 (nyukeulle'otideu)
Maori: pūiokarihi
Portuguese: nucleotídeo (pt) m
Romanian: nucleotidă f
Russian: нуклеоти́д (ru) m (nukleotíd)
Spanish: nucleótido (es) m
Swedish: nukleotid (sv) c
Turkish: nükleotit (tr)

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /nu.kle.oˈti.de/
Rhymes: -ide
Syllabification: nu‧cle‧o‧tì‧de

NounEdit

nucleotide m (plural nucleotidi)

(biochemistry) nucleotide

Related termsEdit

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