nucleotide

Definition of Nucleotide in English :

1. base, nucleotide

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nucleotide

noun

biochemistry

a compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to phosphoric acid. Nucleic acids are made up of long chains (polynucleotides) of such compounds

noun

1.

any of several phosphate esters of nucleosides: the basic unit of nucleic acids

2.

any of several compounds not found in nucleic acids, which function as coenzymes

n.

Any of a group of compounds consisting of a nucleoside combined with a phosphate group and constituting the units that make up DNA and RNA molecules.