DNA

Initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiː ˌɛn ˈeɪ/, [ˌdiɛnˈeɪ]

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DNA (countable and uncountable, plural DNAs)

1. (biochemistry) A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acid (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
2. (informal) The part of a living being that carries genetic information.
3. (figurative, business) The fundamental values or vision of an organization.
   • 2003, Kevin John Kennedy; Mary Moore, Going the Distance, FT Press, →ISBN, page 14:

     These ingredients in a company's DNA mean that company will attract and grow leaders with these qualities.

   • 2012, Bill McBean, The Facts of Business Life, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2022 April 13, Ryan Bort, “The Real Reason Republicans Are Loading Their 2022 Campaign Ads With Guns”, in Rolling Stone‎:

     It’s 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.

DNA

1. Defense Nuclear Agency

DNA

1. Did not answer
2. Did not arrive (used when someone fails to keep an appointment)
3. Did not attend
4. Do not assume
5. Does not apply
6. Drugs 'n' alcohol
7. (US, military) Do not arm.

DNA (third-person singular simple present DNAs, present participle DNAing, simple past and past participle DNAed)

1. To examine a sample of (someone's) deoxyribonucleic acid.
   • 2004, Michael Sheridan, Death in December: The Story of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier, page 194:

     The barrister went on to say that his client remains persecuted and victimised. He has been DNAed; his hair, his blood and his clothes."

   • 2008, Matthew Stokoe, Dennis Cooper, High Life, page 261:

     The only way we're gonna know is if we DNA him against the spunk in Karen.

2. (US, military) To put under a DNA order because of mental illness.
   • 2018, Jeanne Marie Laskas, To Obama, With love, joy, hate and despair, →ISBN, page 239:

     She had her weapons back. She wasn't DNA'd anymore.

• DNA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• -and, -dan, ADN, AND, DAN, Dan, Dan., NAD, NDA, and, and-, dan, nad

Borrowed from English DNA.

DNA

1. DNA

   驗DNA／验DNA [Cantonese]  ―  jim⁶ di¹ en¹ ei¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to do a DNA test

Borrowed from English DNA.

• IPA^(key): /deː.ɛnˈaː/

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DNA n (plural DNA's)

1. Initialism of desoxyribonucleïnezuur (“deoxyribonucleic acid”).

DNA f

1. (Suriname) Initialism of De Nationale Assemblee.

• dan

Borrowed from English DNA.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːˌænˌɑː/, [ˈde̞ːˌænˌɑː]

DNA

1. DNA

• Dan

DNA f pl (plural only)

1. Initialism of Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (“Latest News from Alsace, a French periodical”).

• ADN

Borrowed from English DNA, from deoxyribonucleic acid. Replacing DNS from the calque Desoxyribonukleinsäure.

• IPA^(key): [deːʔɛnˈʔaː]

DNA f (genitive DNA, no plural)

1. (molecular biology) DNA, Synonym of Desoxyribonukleinsäure

• DNA-Doppelstrang
• DNA-Molekül

• “DNA” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from English DNA.

DNA

1. DNA

   Synonym: ADN

• ADN

From English DNA.

• (Tokyo) ディーエヌエ​ー [dìíénúéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [dʲiːe̞nɯ̟ᵝe̞ː]

D(ディー)N(エヌ)A(エー) • (dī-enu-ē) 

1. (genetics, biochemistry) Synonym of デオキシリボ核酸 (deokishiribo-kakusan, “deoxyribonucleic acid”); DNA

• R(アール)N(エヌ)A(エー) (āru-enu-ē)

DNA n (definite singular DNA-et, indefinite plural DNA, definite plural DNA-a or DNA-ene)

1. DNA

DNA n (definite singular DNA-et, indefinite plural DNA, definite plural DNA-a)

1. DNA

Orthographic borrowing from English DNA.

• IPA^(key): /dɛ.ɛnˈa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: D‧N‧A

DNA m or n (indeclinable)

1. (genetics, biochemistry) Abbreviation of kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy.

• DNA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• DNA in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Orthographic borrowing from English DNA.

DNA m (plural DNAs)

1. Alternative form of ADN

DNA m (plural DNA)

1. (biochemistry) DNA

   Synonym: ADN

• “DNA”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English DNA.

DNA

1. DNA

   Synonym: ADN

DNA

1. Initialism of deoksiribonükleik asit. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)