ribonucleic
- adjective
- /ˌraɪboʊnjuˈkleɪɪk/
- Specialized
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ribonucleico
- Ribonucleic acid, or ribonucleic acid, plays a crucial role in protein synthesis.
Examples
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And then RNA, which is the polymer of of nucleotides that have ribose as a sugar is ribonucleic acid or RNA as you've you've known it.
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Each cell contains ribonucleic material that helps produce essential proteins.
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The genetic code is stored in ribonucleic sequences that guide cellular functions.
Compounds
- Specialized
A molecule in cells that carries messages from genes to make proteins
Surface Forms
Morphology
ribonucleic = nucleic (opaque) = ribo + nucleic
The combining form 'ribo-' refers to ribose and is technical, and 'nucleic' is specialized vocabulary; the meaning is not inferable by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word ribonucleic comes from ribo-, from the word 'ribose' meaning a sugar that is part of the molecule, and nucleic, from nucleus, meaning 'central part' of a cell. So ribonucleic points to RNA, the molecule with that sugar that works with the cell's nucleus, which is why we use the word for things related to RNA.
