DICTIONARY ENTRY
6 SYLLABLES
ribonucleic acid
Ribonucleic acid has 6 syllables: ri · bo · nu · cle · ic ac · id.
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noun. (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell.
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