nucleotide

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nucleotide - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  nucleotide \nucleotide\ n.
     a phosphate ester of a nucleoside; one of the monomeric
     components of DNA or RNA.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

nucleotide - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nucleotide
      n 1: a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural
           unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) [syn: nucleotide,
           base]