polyadenylate

== English == === Etymology 1 === From polyadenylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). ==== Noun ==== polyadenylate (plural polyadenylates) (chemistry) Any salt or ester of polyadenylic acid. === Etymology 2 === From the above noun, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Verb ==== polyadenylate (third-person singular simple present polyadenylates, present participle polyadenylating, simple past and past participle polyadenylated) To form the polyadenylate salt or ester of something (especially of a nucleic acid).