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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

nukleisch

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nuklaɪʃ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nucleic/nuːˈkliː.ɪk/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Nukleinsäuren sind für das Leben unerlässlich."

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or associated with a nucleus, especially the cell nucleus.

    "Nucleic acid sequencing is fundamental to modern molecular biology."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin nucleus (meaning kernel or core) combined with the chemical suffix -ic, coined in the late 19th century following the discovery of nucleic acids in cell nuclei. It entered scientific terminology to describe molecules situated within or derived from the nucleus of a cell.

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