SYN: nucleotide.
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mono·nu·cle·o·tide -'n(y)ü-klē-ə-.tīd n a nucleotide that is derived from one molecule each of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphoric acid
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mono·nu·cle·o·tide (mon″o-nooґkle-o-tīd) a product obtained by the digestion or hydrolytic decomposition of nucleic acid. It is a compound of phosphoric acid and a pentoside. The latter is a combination of a pentose (ribose or 2-deoxyribose) with one of the following bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, or uracil.Medical dictionary. 2011.