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guanines

/ˈɡwɑː.niːnz/

guanines is the plural of guanine.

Meaning of guanine

Noun

guanine (plural guanines)

  1. A substance first obtained from guano; it is a nucleic base and pairs with cytosine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
    • Then he found them, the substances that made up the four-letter alphabet in whose language all life is written — adenine and cytosine, guanine and thymine.1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 164

Questions about guanines

What is guanines the plural of?
Guanines is the plural of guanine.
How do you pronounce guanines?
Guanines is pronounced /ˈɡwɑː.niːnz/.

Words near guanines in the dictionary

  1. guanidylations
  2. guanidyls
  3. guaniferous
  4. guanin
  5. guanine
  6. guanines
  7. guanins
  8. guanite
  9. guanized
  10. Guanling
  11. guano

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