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nucleic

  • adjective

Referring to the nucleus of something.

Example

“Nucleic acids are found in the nuclei of cells.”

Related words

  • arabinonucleic
  • binucleic
  • deoxynucleic
  • desoxyribonucleic
  • endonucleic
  • heteronucleic
  • nucleicity
  • oligonucleic
  • polynucleic
  • threonucleic
  • deoxyribonucleic
  • nucleic acid

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