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Structural diagram of a DNA molecule.

deoxyribonucleic acid ‎(uncountable) (abbreviation DNA)

(genetics, biochemistry) A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living, see virus); consists of a polymer formed from nucleotides which are shaped into a double helix; it is associated with the transmission of genetic information.

deoxyribonucleic acid

Armenian: դեզօքսիռիբոնուկլեինաթթու ‎(dezōkʿsiṙibonukleinatʿtʿu)
Basque: azido desoxirribonukleiko
Catalan: àcid desoxiribonucleic (ca)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 脫氧核糖核酸, 脱氧核糖核酸 ‎(tyut³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹), 去氧核糖核酸 ‎(heoi³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹)

Hakka: 脫氧核糖核酸, 脱氧核糖核酸 ‎(thot-yông fu̍t-thòng fu̍t-sôn)

Mandarin: 脫氧核糖核酸 (zh), 脱氧核糖核酸 (zh) ‎(tuōyǎng hétáng hésuān), 去氧核糖核酸 (zh) ‎(qùyǎng hétáng hésuān)
Czech: deoxyribonukleová kyselina f
Dutch: desoxyribonucleïnezuur (nl)
Finnish: deoksiribonukleiinihappo
French: acide désoxyribonucléique (fr) m
Galician: ácido desoxirribonucleico m
German: Desoxyribonukleinsäure (de) f
Greek: δεσοξυριβοζονουκλεϊνικό οξύ (el) pl ‎(desoxyrivozonoukleïnikó oxý), δεοξυριβονουκλεϊκό οξύ pl ‎(deoxyrivonoukleïkó oxý)
Hebrew: חומצה דאוקסיריבונוקלאית (he) f ‎(khumtsá deóksiribonucléit)
Hungarian: dezoxiribonukleinsav (hu)
Icelandic: deoxýríbósakjarnsýra (is) f

Indonesian: asam deoksiribonukleat (id)
Interlingua: acido desoxyribonucleic
Italian: acido desossiribonucleico m, acido deossiribonucleico m
Japanese: デオキシリボ核酸 (ja) ‎(deokishiribo kakusan)
Korean: 디옥시리보핵산 ‎(dioksiribohaeksan)
Latvian: dezoksiribonukleīnskābe
Lithuanian: deoksiribonukleorugštis f
Malay: asid deoksiribonukleik
Polish: kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy (pl) m inan
Portuguese: ácido desoxirribonucleico (pt) m (Portugal), ácido desoxirribonucléico m (Brazil)
Romanian: acid dezoxiribonucleic (ro) m
Russian: дезоксирибонуклеи́новая кислота́ (ru) f ‎(dɛzoksiribonukleínovaja kislotá)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дезоксирибонуклеинска киселина f

Roman: dezoksiribonukleinska kiselina f
Slovak: deoxyribonukleová kyselina f
Spanish: ácido desoxirribonucleico (es) m
Swedish: deoxiribonukleinsyra (sv) c
Turkish: deoksiribonükleik asit