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2024
guanine
guanine
English
Noun
guanine
(
plural
guanines
)
(
chemistry
)
A substance first obtained from
guano
; it is a nucleic base and pairs with
cytosine
in
DNA
and
RNA
.
Translations
substance obtained from guano
Chinese:
Mandarin:
鳥嘌呤
(zh)
,
鸟嘌呤
(zh)
(
niǎopiàolìng, niǎopiāolìng
)
Czech:
guanin
m
Esperanto:
guanino
French:
guanine
(fr)
f
German:
Guanin
(de)
n
Hungarian:
guanin
Icelandic:
gúanín
n
Italian:
guanina
(it)
f
Japanese:
グアニン
(
guanin
)
Polish:
guanina
f
Russian:
гуани́н
(ru)
m
(
guanín
)
Spanish:
guanina
f
Anagrams
anguine
Guinean
Etymology
From
guano
+
-ine
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈɡwɑː.niːn/
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