pyrimidine
English
/paɪˈɹɪ.mɪˌdiːn/
noun
Definitions
- (organic compound) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA: thymine, uracil and cytosine
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pyrimidin.
Origin
German (Berlin)
Pyrimidin
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aminopyrimidine English
- aniline English
- anilinopyrimidine English
- antipyrimidine English
- azidopyrimidine English
- diamino English
- diaminopyrimidine English
- dihydropyrimidinase English
- dihydropyrimidine English
- dione English
- fluoropyrimidine English
- homopyrimidine English
- homopyrimidinic English
- oligopyrimidine English
- pentapyrimidine English
- polypyrimidine English
- pyrimidinedione English
- pyrimidinergic English
- pyrimidinic English
- pyrimidinone English
- thiopyrimidine English
- Bipyridin German
- Pyridin German
- Pyrimidin German
- пиримидин Russian
- ピリミジン Japanese
- 嘧啶 Chinese
- 피리미딘 Korean
- dione
- aniline
- diamino
- pyrimidinic
- pyrimidinone
- polypyrimidine
- thiopyrimidine
- homopyrimidine
- pyrimidinergic
- antipyrimidine
- pentapyrimidine
- aminopyrimidine
- pyrimidinedione
- azidopyrimidine
- homopyrimidinic
- oligopyrimidine
- fluoropyrimidine
- diaminopyrimidine
- dihydropyrimidine
- anilinopyrimidine
- dihydropyrimidinase