py|rim|i|dine

py|rim|i|dine
py|rim|i|dine «py RIHM uh deen, PIHR uh muh-; -dihn», noun.
1. a liquid or crystalline organic base with a strong odor, whose molecular arrangement is a six-membered ring containing atoms of nitrogen. It is found in living matter and is a constituent of nucleic acid. Formula: C4H4N2
2. any one of a group of compounds derived from it, such as cytosine and thymine.
[< German Pyrimidin < Pyridin pyridine]

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