See Also: Pyrimidine(medicine)
pyrimidine(dictionary)
Pyrimidine(health)
pyrimidine(encyclopedia)
pyrimidine dimer(medicine)
pyrimidine phosphoribosyltransferase(medicine)
pyrimidine base(medicine)
pyrimidine transferase(medicine)
pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside kinase(medicine)
pyrimidine-5'-nucleotide nucleosidase(medicine)

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pyrimidine noun. L19.
[formed as PYRIDINE with inserted -im (from IMIDE).]
Chemistry. A basic colourless solid, C4H4N2, which is a diazine with the nitrogen atoms separated by one carbon atom; any compound containing this ring structure, esp. (also pyrimidine base) any of the nucleotide-forming bases cytosine, thymine, and uracil.