DEOXYADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deoxyadenosine monophosphate mean? 

• DEOXYADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE (noun)
  The noun DEOXYADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE has 1 sense:

1. one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

  Familiarity information: DEOXYADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEOXYADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

A; deoxyadenosine monophosphate

Hypernyms ("deoxyadenosine monophosphate" is a kind of...):

base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))