Usually means: Base in DNA, RNA structures.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pyrimidine)

▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA: thymine, uracil and cytosine

Similar:
pyramidine, dipyrimidine, pyridazine, thymine, pyrimidinyl, purine, pyrimidone, cyclopyrimidine, pyrazine, pyrimidinedione, more...

Opposite:
purine, adenine

Phrases:
pyrimidine bases, pyrimidine dimers, pyrimidine base, pyrimidine nucleotides, Pyrimidine dimer, more...

Adjectives:
fluorinated, other, methyl, purine, amino, different, synthetic, free, only, oxy, adjacent

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Similar:
pyramidine, dipyrimidine, pyridazine, thymine, pyrimidinyl, purine, pyrimidone, cyclopyrimidine, pyrazine, pyrimidinedione, more...

Opposite:
purine, adenine

Phrases:
pyrimidine bases, pyrimidine dimers, pyrimidine base, pyrimidine nucleotides, Pyrimidine dimer, pyrimidine b's, pyrimidine bs, a pyrimidine, Pyrimidine metabolism, more...

Adjectives:
fluorinated, other, methyl, purine, amino, different, synthetic, free, only, oxy, adjacent



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