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OLIGO
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Synonyms:
oligo; oligonucleotide
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("oligo" is a kind of...):
base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))
Domain category:
biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)
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