pyrimidine
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1885. From German Pyrimidin, from German Pyridin (“pyridine”), with the insertion of -mi- from amidine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pyrimidine (plural pyrimidines)
- (organic chemistry) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA: thymine, uracil and cytosine
Hypernyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- alkylpyrimidine
- aminopyrimidine
- anilinopyrimidine
- azidopyrimidine
- azolopyrimidine
- diaminopyrimidine
- dihydropyrimidine
- fluoropyrimidine
- furopyrimidine
- homopyrimidine
- oligopyrimidine
- pentapyrimidine
- polypyrimidine
- pyrazolopyrimidine
- pyridopyrimidine
- pyrimidinedione
- pyrimidinergic
- pyrimidinyl
- tetrazolopyrimidine
- thiopyrimidine
Translations
[edit]diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta-positions
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]pyrimidine f (plural pyrimidines)
Further reading
[edit]- “pyrimidine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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