ribonucleic acid
n 1: (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found
in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where
it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic
information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain
chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the
genetic material of some viruses" [syn: {ribonucleic acid},
{RNA}]