nucleobase
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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Hyponyms
1.2.2
Holonyms
1.2.3
Translations
English
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Etymology
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nucleo-
+
base
Noun
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English
Wikipedia
has an article on:
nucleobase
Wikipedia
nucleobase
(
plural
nucleobases
)
(
biochemistry
)
The
base
of a
nucleic acid
, such as
thymine
,
uracil
,
adenine
,
cytosine
and
guanine
.
Hyponyms
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thymine
uracil
adenine
cytosine
guanine
See also
Thesaurus:nucleobase
Holonyms
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nucleic acid
Translations
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the nitrogenous base of a nucleic acid
Chinese:
Mandarin:
核碱基
(
hé jiǎnjī
)
,
含氮碱基
(
hándàn jiǎnjī
, literally
“
nitrogenous base
”
)
,
碱基
(zh)
(
jiǎnjī
, literally
“
base
”
)
Categories
:
English terms prefixed with nucleo-
English lemmas
English nouns
English countable nouns
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