nucleotide
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nucleotide
- /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/
- /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/ US
- /ˈn(j)u(ː)klioʊˌtaɪd/ US
Where it comes from
From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”).
noun nucleotides
- 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. With a genome of only 400 million or so nucleotide bases, the pufferfish, Fugu rubripes rubripes, has the smallest known genome of any vertebrate animal. […] But the region of DNA between the landmarks can be a million or more nucleotides long.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dna, gene, sequence, triphosphopyridine, nucleoside triphosphate, ribonucleotide, deoxyribonucleotide, adenylate, mononucleotide, nucleoside monophosphate, atp, gmp, gtp, gdp, guanylate, uridylate
Translations
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noun monomer constituting DNA or RNA
| Español | nucleótido |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 뉴클레오티드 nyukeulle'otideu |
| 日本語 | ヌクレオチド nukureochido |
| 中文 | 核苷酸 hégānsuān |
| Português | nucleotídeo |
| Français | nucléotide |
| Deutsch | Nukleotid |
| Italiano | nucleotide |
| Ελληνικά | νουκλεοτίδιο noukleotídio |
| Română | nucleotidă |
| Русский | нуклеоти́д nukleotíd |
Talk about this word "nucleotide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nucleotide. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nucleotide. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nucleotide "nucleotide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nucleotide.Cite this
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title = {nucleotide},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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