pyrimidine

pyrimidine definition - medical

py·rim·i·dine (pī-rĭmˈĭ-dēnˌ, pĭ-)

noun
  1. A crystalline organic base that is the parent substance of various biologically important derivatives.
  2. Any of several basic compounds derived from or structurally related to pyrimidine, especially the nucleic acid constituents uracil, cytosine, and thymine.

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