RECOMBINANT DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid mean? 

• RECOMBINANT DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (noun)
  The noun RECOMBINANT DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. genetically engineered DNA made by recombining fragments of DNA from different organisms

  Familiarity information: RECOMBINANT DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECOMBINANT DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (noun)

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Meaning:

Genetically engineered DNA made by recombining fragments of DNA from different organisms

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid; recombinant DNA

Hypernyms ("recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid" is a kind of...):

deoxyribonucleic acid; desoxyribonucleic acid; DNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information)