adenine
Plural: adenines
Noun
- A compound that is one of the four bases of DNA.
- (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
- A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
Examples
- ADENINE is the kind of scientific word that can save a bad rack of tiles.
Origin / Etymology
From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”). By surface analysis, aden- + -ine. It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist Albrecht Kossel, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.
Synonyms
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Scrabble Score: 8
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Words With Friends Score: 10
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