purine
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purine
- /ˈpjʊəɹiːn/
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Borrowed from German Purin.
noun purines
- Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids. 1982, Ray A. Field, Mechanically Deboned Red Meat, C. O. Chichester, George Franklin Stewart, Advances in Food Research, Volume 27, page 67, Clifford et al. (1976) investigated the metabolism of individual purines and found that adenine, and to a lesser extent hypoxanthine, had pronounced effects on
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Talk about this word "purine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/purine. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. purine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/purine "purine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/purine.
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@misc{purine_2026,
title = {purine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/purine},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
