uracil

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Etymology

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From uro- +‎ ac(etic) +‎ -ile. Coined in 1885 by the German chemist Robert Behrend, who was attempting to synthesize derivatives of uric acid.

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uracil (countable and uncountable, plural uracils)

  1. (organic chemistry) One of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine.
    Synonym: (symbol) U
    Coordinate terms: adenine, cytosine, guanine
    • 2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191:
      We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.

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Noun

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uracil m inan

  1. uracil

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uracil m (uncountable)

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French uracile.

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uracil n (uncountable)

  1. uracil

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