See Also:

nucleotide (iou) and OTT (oh)


nucleotide (iou)



nucleotide noun. E20.
[from NUCLEO- + euphonic -t- + -IDE.]
Biochemistry. A compound in which a phosphate group is linked to the sugar of a nucleoside; spec. such a compound obtained by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid (polynucleotide).
nucleo'tidase noun an enzyme which catalyses the hydrolysis of a nucleotide to a nucleoside and phosphate E20.

OTT (oh)



over-the-top remarks, behaviour etc that are OTT are so extreme or unreasonable that they seem stupid or offensive