DNA
See also: dna
English
Noun
DNA (countable and uncountable, plural DNAs)
- (biochemistry) A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acid (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
- (informal) That part of a person's character that has a genetic origin.
- (figuratively) The fundamental values or vision of an organization.
Phrase
DNA
Verb
DNA (third-person singular simple present DNAs, present participle DNAing, simple past and past participle DNAed)
- To examine a sample of (someone's) deoxyribonucleic acid.
- 2004, Michael Sheridan, Death in December: The Story of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier, page 194:
- The barrister went on to say that his client remains persecuted and victimised. He has been DNAed; his hair, his blood and his clothes."
- 2008, Matthew Stokoe, Dennis Cooper, High Life, page 261:
- The only way we're gonna know is if we DNA him against the spunk in Karen.
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- (US, military) To put under a DNA order because of mental illness.
- 2018, Jeanne Marie Laskas, To Obama, With love, joy, hate and despair, →ISBN, page 239:
- She had her weapons back. She wasn't DNA'd anymore.
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Translations
abbreviation of deoxyribonucleic acid (see deoxyribonucleic acid for full forms)
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Dutch
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːˌænˌɑː/, [ˈde̞ːˌænˌɑː]
Declension
Declension of DNA (type maa)
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French
Abbreviation
DNA
- Dernière Nouvelles d'Alsace ("Latest News from Alsace"), a French periodical.
Japanese
Noun
DNA (katakana ディーエヌエー, rōmaji dīenuē)
- (genetics, biochemistry) Synonym of デオキシリボ核酸 (deokishiribo-kakusan, “deoxyribonucleic acid”); DNA
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛ ɛn a/
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Proper noun
DNA m or n (indeclinable)
- (genetics, biochemistry) Abbreviation of kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy.
Turkish
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