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Word: Adenine
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: coined in German from Greek adēn ‘gland’ + -ine
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈadɪniːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a compound which is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids. A purine derivative, it is paired with thymine in double-stranded DNA.
Short Definition:compound which is one of four constituent bases of nucleic acids
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