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Meaning
noun (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
originEtymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δήν (ădḗn)der. German Adeninbor. English adenine From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”). By surface analysis, aden- + -ine. It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist Albrecht Kossel, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.
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