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dihydrouridine

dihydrouridine noun: a pyrimidine resulting from adding two hydrogen atoms to a uridine, making it a fully saturated pyrimidine ring with no remaining double bonds.

Noun

dihydrouridine (countable and uncountable, plural dihydrouridines)

  1. A pyrimidine resulting from adding two hydrogen atoms to a uridine, making it a fully saturated pyrimidine ring with no remaining double bonds.

Forms of dihydrouridine

pluraldihydrouridines

Origin of dihydrouridine

From di- + hydro- + uridine.

Questions about dihydrouridine

What does dihydrouridine mean?
Dihydrouridine means a pyrimidine resulting from adding two hydrogen atoms to a uridine, making it a fully saturated pyrimidine ring with no remaining double bonds.
What part of speech is dihydrouridine?
Dihydrouridine is a noun.
What is the plural of dihydrouridine?
The plural of dihydrouridine is dihydrouridines.

Words near dihydrouridine in the dictionary

  1. dihydrothiazepine
  2. dihydrothiazepines
  3. dihydrothiophene
  4. dihydrothiophenes
  5. dihydrouracil
  6. dihydrouridine
  7. dihydrouridines
  8. dihydroxide
  9. dihydroxides
  10. dihydroxo
  11. dihydroxy

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