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pyrimidine definition

py·rimi·dine (pə rim′ə dēn′, pī-; pir′ə mə dēn′)

noun

  1. a colorless, liquid, crystalline organic compound, CHN, the fundamental form of a group of bases, some of which are constituents of nucleic acid
  2. any of several basic substances produced by the decomposition of nucleoproteins and having a pyrimidine-type molecule, as thymine, cytosine, or uracil

Etymology: Ger pyrimidin < pyridin: see pyridine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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