purine
Meaning
Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpjʊəɹiːn/
Etymology
Borrowed from German Purin.
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