What does deoxyribonucleic acid mean?
• DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (noun) The noun DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID has 1 sense: 1. (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information Familiarity information: DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.