uracil

From uro- +‎ ac(etic) +‎ -ile. Coined in 1885 by the German chemist Robert Behrend, who was attempting to synthesize derivatives of uric acid.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊərəsɪl/

uracil (countable and uncountable, plural uracils)

1. (organic chemistry) One of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine.

   Synonym: (symbol) U

   Coordinate terms: adenine, cytosine, guanine

   • 2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191:

     We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.

• Ulrica, Uralic, curial, lauric

uracil m inan

1. uracil

uracil m (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) uracil (one of the bases of RNA)

Borrowed from French uracile.

uracil n (uncountable)

1. uracil