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dna dňa dną dna-
English
2023 April 26
Pronunciation
en /ˌdiːɛnˈeɪ/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-DNA.wav Southern England
en /ˌdiˌɛnˈeɪ/ GA
Etymology 1
The noun is an en deoxyribonucleic acid 1.n 56224 September 2022 1; n The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
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thumb|A model of part of a DNA molecule (en genetics) showing its double-helix structure.
en geneticsen biochemistry genetics en 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.
en thread of life figurative
en Martin D[avid] Kamen Detection of Intermediates, Criteria of Purity Louis H. Roddis Supplement to the United States Naval Medical Bulletin on Preparation and Measurement of Isotopes and Some of Their Medical Aspects Washington, D.C. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, U.S. Navy; U.S. Government Printing Office March–April 1948 118 https://books.google.com/books?id=Bp0aAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA118 11256905 Among the various fractions isolated was one presumed to contain only desoxyribosenucleic acid (DNA). Because of certain speculations on the role of nucleic acids in protein synthesis it was necessary to measure and compare the rate of phosphate entry into DNA with that in other fractions of yeast phosphate. Desoxyribosenucleic acid is an archaic name of deoxyribonucleic acid.
en J[ames] D[ewey] Watson; F[rancis] H[arry] C[ompton] Crick Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science https://web.archive.org/web/20150403234208/http://www.nature.com/nature/dna50/watsoncrick.pdf London Macmillan and Co.; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company 25 April 1953 171 4356 737 1 64051812 We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A.). This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest.
en Arthur Kornberg (witness) Statement of Dr. Arthur Kornberg, Professor and Executive Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif. National Commission on Health Science and Society: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Government Research of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session on S.J. Res. 145: A Joint Resolution for the Establishment of the National Commission on Health Science and SocietyMarch 7, 8, 21, 22, 27, and 28; April 2, 1968: Printed for the Use of the Committee on Government Operations Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office 8 March 1968 40 https://books.google.com/books?id=nao3AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA40 453502 As you know, heredity resides in our genes. Our genes are, in turn, composed of complex molecules called DNA. About 10 years ago we learned how to synthesize DNA in the test tube with the use of a certain cellular catalyst or enzyme. During the past year, we have been able to synthesize DNA which has the full genetic activity of natural DNA.
en John W. Hicks DNA Profiling: A Tool for Law Enforcement Thomas J. Deakin w:FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice; Office of Congressional and Public Affairs August 1988 57 8 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=lPZeYx7YDMkC&pg=RA7-PA1 3 0014-5688 1319799735 Recent breakthroughs in DNA technology are expected to provide investigators with powerful forensic tools to help solve these difficult kinds of cases.
en Ashley Strickland Mystery condition gives way to bright future for 10-year-old w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/18/health/avery-reilly-undiagnosed-diseases-network-profile 2017-12-18 Because of her significant testing, Avery had had DNA sequencing of her “exome,” the part of her genome that makes proteins in the body, said Dr. Michael Wangler, a researcher at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital. https://web.archive.org/web/20260204043327/https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/18/health/avery-reilly-undiagnosed-diseases-network-profile 4 February 2026
en Tina M. Henkin; Joseph E. Peters Bacterial Genetic Analysis: Fundamentals and Current Approaches Snyder & Champness: Molecular Genetics of Bacteria 5th Washington, D.C. ASM Press 2020 157 https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA157 1 978-1-55581-975-0 [I]n bacteria, recombination between the DNAs of different organisms usually occurs between a piece of DNA from one strain of a bacterium, called the donor strain, and the entire chromosome of another strain, called the recipient strain.
en informal loosely The part of a living thing that carries genetic information.
en figuratively The fundamental nature or values of a person, or an organization or other thing, especially when considered as innate or immutable.
en Kevin [John] Kennedy; Mary Moore The Predictable Challenges Faced by Dominant Companies Going the Distance: Why Some Companies Dominate and Others Fail Upper Saddle River, N.J. Financial Times Prentice Hall 2003 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=tgdyUfysdJ8C&pg=PA14 978-0-13-046120-9 These ingredients in a company's DNA mean that [the] company will attract and grow leaders with these qualities.
en Bill McBean Fact 1: If You Don’t Lead, No One Will Follow The Facts of Business Life: What Every Successful Business Owner Knows that You Don’t Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sons 2012 58 https://books.google.com/books?id=yqgsEv5fnQwC&pg=PA58 978-1-118-09496-9 The main leadership priority at Level 2 is creating the business's DNA by defining how all the moving parts of the company will work, both independently and together.
en Ryan Bort The Real Reason Republicans are Loading Their 2022 Campaign Ads with Guns w:Rolling Stone https://web.archive.org/web/20221209033252/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/guns-republican-primary-campaign-ads-midterms-1336903/ New York, N.Y. w:Penske Media Corporation 13 April 2022 0035-791X 1057982905 But this new fixation on guns is coming from the hardcore MAGA set, and not only is it likely to stick around beyond the primaries, it's likely hardwired into the DNA of a party now driven by extremism, conspiracy, and a belief that violence is a legitimate tool to achieve desired political outcomes.
en October 2022 Past Cases Review 2 National Safeguarding Steering Group of the Church of England https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2022-10/past-cases-review-2-national-report.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20240611144938/https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2022-10/past-cases-review-2-national-report.pdf 4 We cannot have a culture that sees safeguarding as a separate add-on. It needs to be part of our DNA, as an expression of our love for one another and our commitment to the Gospel.
Hyponyms
en A-DNA bDNA B-DNA non-functional DNA C-DNA chloroplast DNA,cpDNA complementary DNA,cDNA eccDNA ecDNA environmental DNA,eDNA familial DNA junk DNA mitochondrial DNA,mtDNA dsDNA gDNA hDNA H-DNA mDNA microDNA nDNA non-coding DNA oDNA organellar DNA rDNA recombinant DNA,rDNA siDNA ssDNA tsDNA xDNA Z-DNA
Derived terms
en badnavirus bidnavirus DNAemia DNA ladder DNA polymerase DNA profiling DNA sequence DNA sequencing DNA snippet DNA test DNA testing DNA virus
Related terms
en GNA PNA RNA TNA XNA
Translations
initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid (for full forms, see deoxyribonucleic acid)
Afrikaans: af DNS
Arabic: ar دِنَا f
Armenian: hy ԴՆԹ
Azerbaijani: az DNT
Bulgarian: bg ДНК
Catalan: ca ADN
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn DNA
Danish: da dna
Dutch: nl DNA, nl DNZ
Finnish: fi DNA
French: fr ADN m
Galician: gl ADN m
Georgian: ka დნმ
German: de DNS f, de DNA f
Greek: el DNA n
Hebrew: he DNA, he דנ״א dn"a
Hindi: hi डीएनए
Hungarian: hu DNS
Icelandic: is DNA n is DKS n
Interlingua: ia ADN, ia DNA
Irish: ga ADN, ga DNA
Italian: it DNA m, it ADN m
Japanese: ja DNA dī-enu-ē, ja ディー・エヌ・エー dī-enu-ē
Kazakh: kk ДНҚ
Khmer: km ឌីអិនអេ
Korean: ko 디엔에이
Lao: lo ອາເດແອັນ, lo ດີເອັນເອ
Latvian: lv DNS
Lithuanian: lt DNR
Macedonian: mk ДНК f
Māori: mi pītau ira
Persian: fa دیانای di-en-ey
Polish: pl DNA n
Portuguese: pt ADN m
Romanian: ro ADN n
Russian: ru ДНК f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ДНК f
Latin: sh DNK f
Slovak: sk DNK f, sk DNA n
Slovene: sl DNK
Spanish: es ADN m
Swedish: sv DNA n
Tagalog: tl DNA
Tamil: ta அனடி
Thai: th ดีเอ็นเอ
Turkish: tr DNA
Ukrainian: uk ДНК f DNK
Urdu: ur ڈی این اے ḍī-en-e
Vietnamese: vi DNA
Welsh: cy DNA m
Yiddish: yi דע־ען־אַ m de-en-á, yi די־ען־איי m di-en-éy
(informal, loosely) part of a living thing that carries genetic information
Finnish: fi DNA, fi perimä
Macedonian: mk ДНК f, mk ге́ном m
Polish: pl DNA n
Swedish: sv DNA n, sv arvsmassa c
Welsh: cy DNA m
Yiddish: yi דע־ען־אַ m de-en-á, yi די־ען־איי m di-en-éy, yi ירושה־שיפֿער m yerúshe-shífer
fundamental nature or values of a person, etc.
Finnish: fi luonto
Macedonian: mk при́рода f
Polish: pl natura f
Swedish: sv DNA n, sv anlag c, sv arvsanlag c, sv kynne n
Verb
en transitive To examine a sample of (someone's) deoxyribonucleic acid.
en w:Matthew Stokoe High Life New York, N.Y. w:Akashic Books 2002 2008 261 978-1-933354-53-8 The only way we're gonna know is if we DNA him against the spunk in Karen.
en Michael Sheridan Death in December: The Story of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier updated Dublin O’Brien 2004 194 https://books.google.com/books?id=JmSNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108 978-0-86278-893-3 The barrister went on to say that his client 'remains persecuted and victimised. He has been DNAed; his hair, his blood and his clothes. Nothing. No charges have ever been brought.'
en Julian Mitchell A Devon Deception Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire Matador 2020 https://books.google.com/books?id=vXwEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT139 978-1-80046-731-6 Maybe nothing to do with the break-in, but worth fingerprinting the wrapper and DNAing the gum.
Translations
to examine a sample of (someone’s) deoxyribonucleic acid
Finnish: fi tutkia DNA
Macedonian: mk и́спита ДНК, mk пре́гледа ДНК, mk на́прави ДНК
Polish: pl badać DNA impf, pl zbadać DNA pf
Etymology 2
An initialism of the various terms listed below. The verb sense is derived from noun en military.
Proper noun
en 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.
Phrase
phr
Did not answer.
Did not arrive (used when someone fails to keep an appointment).
Did not attend.
Do not assume.
Does not apply.
Drugs 'n' alcohol.
en militaryen US military Do not arm (that is, do not provide with a firearm).
Verb
en US military To place (someone) under a DNA (do not arm) order because of mental illness.
en w:Jeanne Marie Laskas To Obama, with Love, Joy, Hate and Despair New York, N.Y. w:Random House 2018 239 https://books.google.com/books?id=kUtEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT416 978-0-525-50983-7 She had her weapons back. She wasn't DNA'd anymore. But she didn't use a weapon. That's not how she did it.
Translations
to place (someone) under a DNA (do not arm) order because of mental illness
Finnish: fi kieltää aseenkanto
Macedonian: mk
Polish: pl zabraniać uzbrajania impf, pl zabronić uzbrajania pf
References
Further reading
Anagrams
en adn -and -dan ADN AND DAN Dan Dan. NAD NDA and and- dan nad
Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from zh en DNA.
Pronunciation
dì'ēn'ēi,dì'ēn nēi di1 en1 ei1 n
Noun
zh noun
DNA
zh 脫氧核糖核酸
驗 D{di1}N{en1}A{ei1} to do a DNA test C
zh Internet slang figuratively "DNA", as something that contains latent basal memories
DNA 動 了 my DNA is awakening
觸動 DNA 的 國風 音樂 ancient Chinese-style music that activates your DNA
See also
English: en in one's bones
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /deː.ɛnˈaː/
nl Nl-DNA.ogg
Etymology 1
Borrowed from nl en DNA.
Noun
n -'s -
nl desoxyribonucleïnezuur deoxyribonucleic acid
Etymology 2
nl De Nationale Assemblee The National Assembly.
Proper noun
f,m
nl Suriname National Assembly (Suriname) National Assembly of Suriname
Derived terms
nl DNA-lid
Anagrams
nl dan
nl Genetics
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from fi en DNA.
Pronunciation
dee-än-aa
Noun
DNA
Declension
DNA a a
Derived terms
fi compounds DNA-siru
Further reading
2023-07-02
Anagrams
fi adn Dan
fi initialisms
French
Proper noun
f-p
fr w:Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace Latest News from Alsace, a French periodical
Anagrams
fr ADN
German
Etymology
de en DNA, from en deoxyribonucleic acid. Replacing de DNS from the calque de Desoxyribonukleinsäure.
Pronunciation
de [deːʔɛnˈʔaː]
de De-DNA.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f.sg
de molecular biology DNA, de Desoxyribonukleinsäure
Derived terms
de DNA-Doppelstrang DNA-Molekül DNA-Virus
Further reading
Indonesian
id:
Pronunciation
dé.èn.a
Noun
en DNA
id biochemistry genetics id en 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
id asam deoksiribonukleat
id informal loosely the part of a living thing that carries genetic information.
id figuratively the fundamental nature or values of a person, or an organization or other thing, especially when considered as innate and/or immutable.
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
it :bor en:DNA
it en DNA.
Pronunciation
dì énne à dì-èn-èi<qual:uncommon>
Noun
it noun
en DNA
it ADN
Anagrams
it adn ADN
Japanese
Etymology
From ja en DNA てぃいえぬええ'.
Pronunciation
ディーエヌエー 5
Noun
ディー-エヌ-エー
ja genetics biochemistry てぃいえぬええ' ja デオキシリボ核酸 deokishiribo-kakusan deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
See also
R%N%A アール%-エヌ-%エー
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
n DNA-et DNA DNA-a DNA-ene
en DNA
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
DNA-
en DNA
Polish
pl:
thumb|DNA
Etymology
pl :obor en:DNA + 1
Pronunciation
de.en'a Pl-DNA.ogg D.N.A
Noun
m-in,n 1
pl genetics molecular biology pl kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy
pl kwas deoksyrybonukleinowy kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :obor en:DNA + 1
Pronunciation
dê ê*ne. á
Noun
m #s
pt ADN
Further reading
Romanian
Noun
n DNA-uri
ro initialism Direcția Națională Anticorupție.
Declension
DNA-ul DNA-uri
Spanish
Etymology
es :obor en:DNA + 1
Pronunciation
dé ene á +
Noun
m #
es biochemistry en DNA
es ADN
Further reading
Swahili
Etymology
sw :bor en:DNA + 1
Proper noun
sw proper noun
DNA
sw ADN
Swedish
sv:
Alternative forms
sv dna
Noun
n
sv biochemistry genetics en DNA
sv deoxiribonukleinsyra
sv DNA-kedja DNA chain See the usage notes for sv särskrivning regarding the hyphen.
Declension
DNA DNA:t DNA:s DNA:ts
See also
sv RNA
sv arvsanlag
sv arvsmassa
sv gen
sv genetik
References
so
saol
Tagalog
Etymology
tl en DNA, an en deoxyribonucleic acid 1 1.
Pronunciation
dí-en-éy
Noun
tl biochemistry genetics
en DNA
Further reading
Turkish
Noun
tr noun
tr deoksiribonükleik asit DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)