Pyrimidine

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Pyrimidine
TermPyrimidine
Short definitionpyrimidine - (pronounced) (py-RIH-mih-deen) One of two chemical compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Examples of pyrimidines are cytosine, thymine and uracil. 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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pyrimidine - (pronounced) (py-RIH-mih-deen) One of two chemical compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Examples of pyrimidines are cytosine, thymine and uracil. Cytosine and thymine are used to make DNA and cytosine and uracil to make RNA

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