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purine
purin
noun
    1. biochem.
      A nitrogenous base with a double ring structure, the most important derivatives of which are major constituents of the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
Etymology: 19c: contracted from Latin purum uricum acidum pure uric acid.



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