POLYNUCLEOTIDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("polynucleotide" is a kind of...):

base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))

Domain category:

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)

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