nucleobase

English

Etymology

nucleo- +‎ base

Noun

nucleobase (plural nucleobases)

(biochemistry) The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine.

Hyponyms

Holonyms

nucleic acid

Translations

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”)

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