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1. (n.) nucleotide
any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: in DNA the group comprises a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar; in RNA the thymine base is replaced by uracil.
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1. (noun) nucleotide, base
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
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