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noun any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine
noun a heterocyclic organic compound with a penetrating odor
originEtymology tree German Pyrimidinbor. English pyrimidine First attested in 1885. From German Pyrimidin, from German Pyridin (“pyridine”), with the insertion of -mi- from amidine.
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