Pyrimidine - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Pyrimidine :  (noun)
1: any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine
2: a heterocyclic organic compound with a penetrating odor

Based on WordNet 2.0

Pyrimidine :  Pyrimidine: One of the two classes of bases in DNA and RNA. The pyrimidine bases are thymine (T) and cytosine (C) in DNA and thymine (T) and uracil (U) in RNA.



Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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