in·ti·mate 1 
(ĭntə-mĭt)
(ĭntə-mĭt)adj.
1. Characterized by close personal acquaintance or familiarity: intimate friends.
2. Relating to or indicative of one's deepest nature: intimate prayers.
3. Essential; innermost: the intimate structure of matter.
4. Marked by informality and privacy: an intimate nightclub.
5. Very personal; private: an intimate letter.
6. Of or involved in a sexual relationship: Have they been intimate?
n.
A close friend or confidant.
[Latin intimātus, past participle of intimāre, to make familiar with; see INTIMATE2.]
inti·mate·ly adv.
inti·mate·ness n.
- nuclei
- nucleic acid
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- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
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