Definition of purine Purine
pu•rine
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What does purine mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: purines |
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| purine - any of several bases that are derivatives of purine | ||
| alkali, base a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture | ||
| adenine, a (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA | ||
| purine - a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances | ||
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Wiktionary 
- purine (Noun)
Any of a class of organic heterocyclic base containing fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings; they are components of nucleic acid s.
Part of speech
🔤- purine, noun, singular of purines.
