purine

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purine (enc)

Noun	1.	purine - any of several bases that are derivatives of purine alkali, base - any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" adenine, A - (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA guanine, G - a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
	2.	purine - a colorless crystalline nitrogen-containing organic base; the parent compound of various biologically important substances alkali, base - any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"

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