uracil

See also: Uracil

English

Etymology

From uro- +‎ ac(etic) +‎ -ile. Coined in 1885 to denote its association with uric acid.

Noun

uracil (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) One of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine.

Synonyms

U (symbol)

Derived terms

Translations

one of the bases of RNA

Catalan: uracil m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尿嘧啶 (zh) (niàomìdìng)
Czech: uracil m
Esperanto: uracilo
Finnish: urasiili (fi)
French: uracile (fr) m
Galician: uracilo m

German: Uracil n
Hungarian: uracil
Italian: uracile (it) f
Japanese: ウラシル (ja) (urashiru)
Portuguese: uracil m
Russian: ураци́л (ru) m (uracíl)
Spanish: uracilo m

Anagrams

Ulrica, Uralic, curial, lauric

Czech

Noun

uracil m

uracil

Portuguese

Noun

uracil m (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) uracil (one of the bases of RNA)

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