pyrimidine /py·rim·i·dine/ (pĭ-rim´ĭ-dēn) an organic compound, C4H4N2, the fundamental form of the pyrimidine bases, including uracil, cytosine, and thymine.
pyrimidine
py·rim·i·dine (p -r m -d n , p-)n. 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. |
pyrimidine
[pərim′ədēn]
an organic compound of heterocyclic nitrogen found in nucleic acids and in many drugs, including the antiviral drugs acyclovir, ribavirin, and trifluridine.
pyrimidine
an organic compound that is the fundamental form of the pyrimidine bases, including uracil, cytosine and thymine.
A pyrimidine
cytosine.
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