cytidine

American

[sit-i-deen, -din, sahy-ti-] / ˈsɪt ɪˌdin, -dɪn, ˈsaɪ tɪ- /

noun

Biochemistry.

a white crystalline powder, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , that is a ribonucleoside consisting of d -ribose and cytosine.

cytidine British

/ ˈsɪtɪˌdaɪn /

noun

biochem a nucleoside formed by the condensation of cytosine and ribose

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

cytidylic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of cytidine

< German Cytidin (1910), equivalent to cyt- cyto- + -idin suffix of organic compounds

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