Definitions for DNA
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid: an extremely long, double-stranded nucleic acid molecule arranged as a double helix that is the main constituent of the chromosome and that carries the genes as segments along its strands: found chiefly in the chromatin of cells and in many viruses.
Category: Genetics
Origin of DNA:
1930–35
Princeton's WordNet
deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA(noun)
(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"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
DNA(noun)ˈdɪz i
the chemical carrying genetic information in cells
DNA sample/tests
Wiktionary
DNA(Noun)
A substance in living beings which determines their form, and can be used to uniquely identify a person.
DNA(Noun)
A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acids (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
DNA
A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine).
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