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uracils

uracils is the plural of uracil.

Meaning of uracil

Noun

uracil (countable and uncountable, plural uracils)

  1. One of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine.
    • We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191
    Synonyms:
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Questions about uracils

What is uracils the plural of?
Uracils is the plural of uracil.

Words near uracils in the dictionary

  1. uracil
  2. uracil mustard
  3. uracilated
  4. uracilation
  5. uracilations
  6. uracils
  7. uracyl
  8. uracyls
  9. urad
  10. urad bean
  11. urad daal

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