adenine

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noun

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adenines

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(countable, uncountable)(biochemistry, genetics) A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.

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From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (gland). aden-. It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist Albrecht Kossel, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.