nucleobase
English
Etymology
From
nucleo-
+
base
.
Noun
nucleobase
(
plural
nucleobases
)
(
biochemistry
)
The
base
of a
nucleic acid
, such as
thymine
,
uracil
,
adenine
,
cytosine
and
guanine
.
Hyponyms
thymine
uracil
adenine
cytosine
guanine
See also
Thesaurus:nucleobase
Holonyms
nucleic acid
Translations
the nitrogenous base of a nucleic acid
Chinese:
Mandarin:
核碱基
(
hé jiǎnjī
)
,
含氮碱基
(
hándàn jiǎnjī
, literally
“
nitrogenous base
”
)
,
碱基
(zh)
(
jiǎnjī
, literally
“
base
”
)