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Pyrimidine vs Apyrimidinic - What's the difference?

pyrimidine | apyrimidinic |

As a noun pyrimidine

is (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.

As an adjective apyrimidinic is

(biochemistry) from which pyrimidine bases have been removed.

pyrimidine

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Noun

(wikipedia pyrimidine) (en noun)
  • (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

    • apyrimidinic

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biochemistry) From which pyrimidine bases have been removed