Pronunciation: ˌ pä-l ē - ' ī - ' s ē
Variant: also poly I · poly C \ ˌ pä-l ē - ' ī - ˌ pä-l ē - ' s ē \
Function: noun
Etymology: poly- + i nosinic acid + c ytidylic acid
Date: 1969
: a synthetic 2-stranded RNA that induces interferon formation and is composed of one strand consisting entirely of cytosine-containing nucleotides and one strand consisting entirely of inosine-containing nucleotides