desoxyribonucleic acid

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

desoxyribonucleic acid
    n 1: (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus
         of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a
         double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic
         information; "DNA is the king of molecules" [syn:
         {deoxyribonucleic acid}, {desoxyribonucleic acid}, {DNA}]