Oxford Dictionary English DNA nounnoun BrE BrE//ˌdiː en ˈeɪ// ; NAmE NAmE//ˌdiː en ˈeɪ// [uncountable] (chemistry) Genetic engineering, Cell biology Add to my wordlistjump to other results the abbreviation for ‘deoxyribonucleic acid’ (the chemical in the cells of animals and plants that carries genetic information and is a type of nucleic acid ) a DNA test Wordfinderbiologybiology, biotechnology, breed, cell, chromosome, DNA, gene, mutation, organism, protein Oxford Collocations DictionaryDNA is used before these nouns: code, evidence, molecule, … See full entry See related entries: Genetic engineering, Cell biologySee DNA in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee DNA in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: DNA oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
