(biochemistry) Initialism of ribonucleic acid.

plural of RNA

(UK, WWI, aviation) Initialism of Royal Navy Air Service. (British)

(uncountable) A configuration of RNA, right-hand twisting double helix, that forms the default configuration of double-stranded RNA. / (countable) An RNA helix in such a configuration.

(biochemistry) RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.

Any of many viruses that possess ribonucleic acid as their genetic material and do not replicate using DNA

(biochemistry) A short-chain version of RNA that transfers individual amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis.

plural of RNA virus

(biology) A hypothetical precursor to life on Earth in which RNA acted both as an information-storage molecule and as a catalyst

plural of RNA world