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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) derives from several languages. The term can be broken down into four parts:

Deoxy + ribon + nucleic + acid

Deoxy is an abbreviation of the term deoxygenated, where oxygen derives from the French oxygène.

Ribon derives from the German ribose.

Nucleic derives from Nuklein, which is also German.

Acid derives from the Latin acidus.

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