noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, irregular from nucle- + -ide Date: 1908 any of several compounds that consist of a ribose or deoxyribose sugar joined to a purine or pyrimidine base and to a phosphate group and that are the basic structural units of nucleic acids (as RNA and DNA)
NUCLEOTIDE
Meaning of NUCLEOTIDE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012