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deoxyuracil

deoxyuracil adjective: describing a uracil deoxynucleotide.

Adjective

deoxyuracil (not comparable)

  1. Describing a uracil deoxynucleotide

Origin of deoxyuracil

From deoxy- + uracil.

Questions about deoxyuracil

What does deoxyuracil mean?
Deoxyuracil means describing a uracil deoxynucleotide.
What part of speech is deoxyuracil?
Deoxyuracil is an adjective.

Words near deoxyuracil in the dictionary

  1. deoxytrillenoside
  2. deoxytriribonucleoside
  3. deoxytriribonucleosides
  4. deoxytylophorinine
  5. deoxytylophorinines
  6. deoxyuracil
  7. deoxyuridine
  8. deoxyuridines
  9. deoxyuridyl
  10. deoxyuridylate
  11. deoxyuridylates

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