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Pyrimidine vs Fluoropyrimidine - What's the difference?

pyrimidine | fluoropyrimidine |

As nouns the difference between pyrimidine and fluoropyrimidine

is that 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 while fluoropyrimidine is any of many fluorine substitution products of pyrimidine or its derivatives; especially such antimetabolites used to treat cancer.

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

    • fluoropyrimidine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of many fluorine substitution products of pyrimidine or its derivatives; especially such antimetabolites used to treat cancer