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deoxycytosine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-oxy-cy-to-sine
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The heterocyclic amine 1,2-dihydropyrimidin-6-amine

Uncountable

Etymology

From deoxy- + cytosine.

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Usage

Questions

What does deoxycytosine mean?
The heterocyclic amine 1,2-dihydropyrimidin-6-amine
Where does deoxycytosine come from?
From deoxy- + cytosine.

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