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depurination

depurination noun: the removal, by hydrolysis, of a purine base from DNA.

Noun

depurination (plural depurinations)

  1. The removal, by hydrolysis, of a purine base from DNA

depurination meaning in Tamil

depurination in Tamil

அசுத்தம்செய்தல்

Forms of depurination

pluraldepurinations

Origin of depurination

From de- + purination.

Questions about depurination

What does depurination mean?
Depurination means the removal, by hydrolysis, of a purine base from DNA.
What is depurination in Tamil?
Depurination in Tamil is அசுத்தம்செய்தல். See Depurination meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is depurination?
Depurination is a noun.
What is the plural of depurination?
The plural of depurination is depurinations.

Words near depurination in the dictionary

  1. depurging
  2. depurinate
  3. depurinated
  4. depurinates
  5. depurinating
  6. depurination
  7. depurinations
  8. depurinization
  9. depurinize
  10. depurinized
  11. depurition

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Adapted from Wiktionary: depurination (page history and authors); depurination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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