guanine

English

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Etymology

From guano + -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡwɑːniːn/

Noun

guanine (plural guanines)

1. (chemistry) A substance first obtained from guano; it is a nucleic base and pairs with cytosine in DNA and RNA.

Translations

substance obtained from guano

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鳥嘌呤 (cmn), 鸟嘌呤 (cmn) (niǎopiàolìng, niǎopiāolìng)

• Czech: guanin (cs) m
• Esperanto: guanino (eo)
• French: guanine (fr) f
• German: Guanin (de) n

• Icelandic: gúanín (is) n
• Italian: guanina (it) f
• Japanese: グアニン (ja) (guanin)
• Polish: guanina (pl) f
• Spanish: guanina (es) f

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