dna

IPA: dˈiɛnˈeɪ

Root Word: DNA

(informal, loosely) The part of a living thing that carries genetic information.
(figuratively) The fundamental nature or values of a person, or an organization or other thing, especially when considered as innate and/or immutable.
(US, military, historical) Defense Nuclear Agency, an agency of the United States Department of Defense which existed from 1971 to 1996 and has since been reorganized as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
(biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid (“a nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction”). [(biochemistry, genetics) A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.]
Alternative form of DNA [(informal, loosely) The part of a living thing that carries genetic information.]

(transitive) To examine a sample of (someone's) deoxyribonucleic acid.
(US, military) To place (someone) under a DNA (do not arm) order because of mental illness.

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