信使核糖核酸

messenger RNA, mRNA

letter / mail / CL:封[feng1] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random

messenger / courier

to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger

pit / stone / nucleus / nuclear / to examine / to check / to verify

variant of 核[he2] / to investigate

ribose

sugar / sweets / candy / CL:顆|颗[ke1],塊|块[kuai4]

old variant of 糖[tang2]

ribonucleic acid (RNA)

nucleic acid / (coll.) nucleic acid test (abbr. for 核酸檢測|核酸检测[he2 suan1 jian3 ce4])

sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid