"cytosine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsaɪtəsiːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cytosine.wav [US] Forms: cytosines [plural]
Etymology: After German Cytosin, equivalent to Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos) + -ine. Cytosine was discovered and named by the German biochemists Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann in 1894 when it was hydrolyzed from calf thymus tissues. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Cytosin}} German Cytosin, {{der|en|grc|κύτος}} Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cytosine (plural cytosines)
  1. (biochemistry) A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds). Wikipedia link: Albert Neumann, Albrecht Kossel, cytosine Categories (topical): Biochemistry Derived forms: cytosine arabinoside, deoxycytosine Related terms: cytidine, cytidylate, cytidylic acid Translations (heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA): citosina [feminine] (Catalan), 胞嘧啶 (bāomìdìng) (Chinese Mandarin), cytosin [masculine] (Czech), citozino (Esperanto), sytosiini (Finnish), cytosine [feminine] (French), citosina [feminine] (Galician), Cytosin [neuter] (German), citozin (Hungarian), sýtósín [neuter] (Icelandic), sýtosín [neuter] (Icelandic), cíotóisín [masculine] (Irish), citosina [feminine] (Italian), シトシン (shitoshin) (Japanese), cytozyna [feminine] (Polish), citosina [feminine] (Portuguese), цитози́н (citozín) [masculine] (Russian), citòzīn [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), citosina [feminine] (Spanish), sitozin (Turkish)

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