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Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of asam (“acid”) + nukleat. Compare to Esperanto nukleata acido.
Pronunciation
Noun
asam nuklèat (uncountable)
- (biochemistry, genetics) nucleic acid: Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell.
- Synonym: asid nukleik (Standard Malay)
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