nucleic

English

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Adjective

nucleic (not comparable)

1. Referring to the nucleus of something.

   Nucleic acids are found in the nuclei of cells.

Derived terms

• arabinonucleic
• binucleic
• deoxynucleic
• deoxyribonucleic
• desoxyribonucleic
• endonucleic
• heteronucleic
• nucleic acid
• nucleicity
• oligonucleic
• polynucleic
• ribonucleic
• threonucleic

Translations

referring to the nucleus

Catalan: nucleic French: nucléique (fr) Galician: nucleico (gl) Italian: nucleico (it) Portuguese: nucleico Romanian: nucleic (ro) Russian: нуклеи́новый (ru) (nukleínovyj) Scottish Gaelic: niùclasach Spanish: nucleico (es) Ukrainian: нуклеї́новий (nuklejínovyj)

Catalan

Etymology

From English nucleic. By surface analysis, nucleus +‎ -ic.

Adjective

nucleic (feminine nucleica, masculine plural nucleics, feminine plural nucleiques)

1. nucleic

Derived terms

• desoxiribonucleic
• ribonucleic

Related terms

• nucleòtid

Further reading

• “nucleic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nucléique.

Adjective

nucleic m or n (feminine singular nucleică, masculine plural nucleici, feminine/neuter plural nucleice)

1. nucleic

Declension

Declension of nucleic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	nucleic		nucleică		nucleici	nucleice
	definite	nucleicul		nucleica		nucleicii	nucleicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	nucleic		nucleice		nucleici	nucleice
	definite	nucleicului		nucleicei		nucleicilor	nucleicelor