See Also: Uracil(medicine)
uracil(dictionary)
Uracil(health)
uracil(encyclopedia)
uracil permease(medicine)
uracil phosphoribosyltransferase(medicine)
uracil oxidase(medicine)
uracil-DNA glycosidase(medicine)
Uracil mustard(health)
uracil mustard(medicine)

uracil (iou)



uracil noun. L19.
[Perh. from UR(EA + AC(ETIC + -IL.]
Biochemistry. A derivative of pyrimidine which is one of the bases of RNA (replaced by thymine in DNA); 2,6-dioxytetrahydropyrimidine, C4H4N2O2.