Definitions for nucleotide

nucleotide nu·cle·o·tide

Spelling: [noo-klee-uh-tahyd, nyoo-]
IPA: /ˈnu kli əˌtaɪd, ˈnyu-/

Nucleotide is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 651 anagrams from letters in nucleotide (cdeeilnotu).

Definitions for nucleotide

noun

  1. any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.

Origin of nucleotide

First recorded in 1905-10; alteration of nucleoside

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