| Pronunciation: | | 'pyûreen
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- [n] a colorless crystalline nitrogen-containing organic base; the parent compound of various biologically important substances
- [n] any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
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PURINE is a 6 letter word that starts with P. |
| | See Also: | | adenine, alkali, base, guanine |
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| | Definition: | | A nitrogen-containing, double-ring, basic compound that occurs in nucleic acids. The purines in DNA and RNA are adenine and guanine. |
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- A nitrogen-containing, double-ring, basic compound that occurs in nucleic acids. The purines in DNA and RNA are adenine and guanine.
- a base found in nucleic acids that consists of two connected rings of carbon and nitrogen; in DNA and RNA, adenine and guanine.
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