uracil

See also: Uracil

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊərəsɪl/

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• bromouracil
• dihydrouracil
• iodouracil
• thiouracil
• uracilated
• uracil mustard

 

Related terms

• uridine
• uridylate
• uridylic acid

 

Translations

one of the bases of RNA

• Catalan: uracil m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尿嘧啶 (zh) (niàomìdìng)

• Czech: uracil m
• Esperanto: uracilo
• Finnish: urasiili (fi)
• French: uracile (fr) m
• Galician: uracilo m
• German: Uracil (de) n
• Hungarian: uracil (hu)
• Italian: uracile (it) f
• Japanese: ウラシル (ja) (urashiru)
• Portuguese: uracil m, uracilo m (Portugal), uracila f (Brazil)
• Russian: ураци́л (ru) m (uracíl)
• Spanish: uracilo m

Anagrams

• Ulrica, Uralic, curial, lauric

Czech

Noun

uracil m inan

1. uracil

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾaˈsiw/ [u.ɾaˈsiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾɐˈsil/ [u.ɾɐˈsiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾɐˈsil/ [u.ɾɐˈsiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾɐˈsi.li/

Noun

uracil m (uncountable)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French uracile.

Noun

uracil n (uncountable)

1. uracil

Declension

declension of uracil (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) uracil	uracilul
genitive/dative	(unui) uracil	uracilului
vocative	uracilule