/nooh"klee euh suyd', nyooh"-/ , n. Biochem.
any of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.
[ 1910-15; NUCLE(IC) + -OSE 2 + -IDE ]