Pyrimidine
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| Term | Pyrimidine |
| Short definition | pyrimidine - (pronounced) (py-RIH-mih-deen) One of two chemical compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Examples of pyrimidines are cytosine, thymine and uracil. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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pyrimidine - (pronounced) (py-RIH-mih-deen) One of two chemical compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Examples of pyrimidines are cytosine, thymine and uracil. Cytosine and thymine are used to make DNA and cytosine and uracil to make RNA
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