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Where does “pyrimidine” come from?

Pyrimidine comes from German Pyrimidin, a 20th-century chemical nomenclature term of uncertain ultimate origin.

pyrimidine (English): A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in...

Definitions

  1. A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in...

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Words derived from “pyrimidine”

  • trimethoprim
  • dihydropyrimidine
  • polypyrimidine
  • apyrimidinic
  • fluoropyrimidine
  • aminopyrimidine
  • diaminopyrimidine
  • pyrimidinone
  • oligopyrimidine
  • dihydropyrimidinase
  • homopyrimidine
  • anilinopyrimidine
  • pyrimidinic
  • pyrimidinedione
  • depyrimidination
  • thiopyrimidine
  • pentapyrimidine
  • homopyrimidinic
  • pyrimidinergic
  • azidopyrimidine
  • 嘧啶
  • ピリミジン
  • 피리미딘
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