n :  a pyrimidine base C₅H₆N₂O₂ that is one of the four bases coding genetic information in the polynucleotide chain of DNA - compare ADENINE CYTOSINE GUANINE URACIL  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  thi·a·mine 
 
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