n.
Pronunciation: ' nü-kl ē - ə - ˌ t ī d, ' nyü-
Function: 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) ― compare NUCLEOSIDE