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deoxyribonucleic acid

Noun B2 – Upper-Intermediate

The molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, and reproduction of living things, better known by its abbreviation DNA.

"Deoxyribonucleic acid is coiled tightly inside the nucleus of nearly every cell in your body."

"Deoxyribonucleic acid" is almost always shortened to "DNA" in everyday and even most scientific writing.