purine

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Synonyms: purile, murine, urine, perine, parine, prine, purline, purin, curine, purina

Antonyms: purile, murine, urine, perine, parine, prine, purline, purin, curine, purina

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|organic compound}} Any of a class of [[organic]] [[heterocyclic]] compounds, composed of fused [[pyrimidine]] and [[imidazole]] rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic [[nitrogenous]] [[base]]s (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of [[nucleic acid]]s.

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