deoxyribonucleic acid
noun
de·oxy·ri·bo·nu·cle·ic acid (ˌ)dē-ˈäk-si-ˌrī-bō-n(y)u̇-ˌklē-ik- 
-ˌklā-
: dna
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web First, a little refresher on DNA, which is short for deoxyribonucleic acid. 
Kimberly Hickok, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2022 Together your genes make up your deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, which serves as kind of an instruction manual for all the cells in your body. Christine Byrne, Mph, SELF, 13 Apr. 2022 It’s one of three kinds of ribonucleic acid (RNA) that all work together to translate pure genetic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information into proteins in your body. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2020 But in new research, scientists suggest RNA’s origins and role in the formation of life could have been very different than previously believed—and sharing the spotlight with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2020 Typically, researchers make RNA (ribonucleic acid) from DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2020 This molecule is called DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid. Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2018 Most of the available tests are based on collecting the virus’s RNA (ribonucleic acid) and converting it to DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). David Pride, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2020 That remaining substance was later renamed nucleic acid, and then deoxyribonucleic acid, commonly known as DNA. Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 11 Dec. 2019 See More
Kimberly Hickok, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2022 Together your genes make up your deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, which serves as kind of an instruction manual for all the cells in your body. Christine Byrne, Mph, SELF, 13 Apr. 2022 It’s one of three kinds of ribonucleic acid (RNA) that all work together to translate pure genetic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information into proteins in your body. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2020 But in new research, scientists suggest RNA’s origins and role in the formation of life could have been very different than previously believed—and sharing the spotlight with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2020 Typically, researchers make RNA (ribonucleic acid) from DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2020 This molecule is called DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid. Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2018 Most of the available tests are based on collecting the virus’s RNA (ribonucleic acid) and converting it to DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). David Pride, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2020 That remaining substance was later renamed nucleic acid, and then deoxyribonucleic acid, commonly known as DNA. Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 11 Dec. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
deoxyribose + nucleic acid
First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
deoxyribonucleic acid
noun
de·oxy·ri·bo·nu·cle·ic acid (ˈ)dē-ˈäk-si-ˌrī-bō-n(y)u̇-ˌklē-ik-, -ˌklā-
variants also desoxyribonucleic acid
(ˈ)des-
: dna