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nucleic adjective. L19.
[from NUCLEUS noun + -IC.]
Biochemistry. nucleic acid, any of the long unbranched polynucleotides which carry genetic information in living cells (esp. in chromosomes and ribosomes) or are involved in the translation of this into the structure of proteins. Cf. DNA, RNA.