cytosine

English

Etymology

After German Cytosin, cyto- +‎ -ose +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪtəsiːn/

Noun

cytosine (plural cytosines)

(biochemistry) A heterocyclic base, 4-amino pyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).

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Translations

Catalan: citosina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胞嘧啶 (zh) (bāomìdìng)
Czech: cytosin m
Esperanto: citozino
Finnish: sytosiini (fi)
French: cytosine (fr) f
Galician: citosina f
German: Cytosin (de) n
Hungarian: citozin

Icelandic: sýtósín n, sýtosín n
Irish: cíotóisín m
Italian: citosina (it) f
Japanese: シトシン (ja) (shitoshin)
Polish: cytozyna f
Portuguese: citosina f
Russian: цитози́н (ru) m (citozín)
Serbo-Croatian: citòzīn (sh) m
Spanish: citosina f
Turkish: sitozin (tr)

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