purine
English
/ˈpjʊəɹiːn/
noun
Definitions
- (organic compound) 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Purin.
Origin
German (Berlin)
Purin
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alkyl English
- alkylpurine English
- amino English
- aminopurine English
- antipurine English
- antipurinergic English
- apurinic English
- cyclopurine English
- deazapurine English
- homopurine English
- homopurinic English
- methyl English
- methylpurine English
- nonpurine English
- oligopurine English
- oxypurine English
- polypurine English
- polypurinic English
- purinergic English
- purinergically English
- purinic English
- thiopurine English
- Purin German
- пурин Russian
- 嘌呤 Chinese
- 퓨린 Korean