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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ribonucleic acid has 1 sense
- ribonucleic acid(n = noun.substance) rna - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses" has particulars: informational rna, messenger rna, mrna, template rna, nrna, nuclear rna, acceptor rna, soluble rna, transfer rna, trna
has parts: nucleic acid
is a kind of polymer
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ribonucleic acid, n. a nucleic acid yielding ribose on hydrolysis, present in living cells, esp. in ribosomes where it is involved in protein synthesis.
Usage
Abbr.: RNA.
Etymology
RIBOSE + NUCLEIC ACID