abasic
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /eɪˈbeɪ.sɪk/
Etymology 1
From abasia + -ic (“having the nature of”).
Adjective
abasic (not comparable)
- (medicine) Of, pertaining to or caused by abasia.
- (biochemistry, of a site in a DNA molecule) That has neither a purine nor a pyrimidine base.
Translations
of, pertaining to or caused by abasia
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Etymology 2
Adjective
abasic (not comparable)
- (genetics, biochemistry) Missing a nucleotide base