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Definition of cytosine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cytosine

noun

/ˈsaɪtəsiːn/

/ˈsaɪtəsiːn/

[uncountable] (chemistry)

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one of the four compounds that make up DNA and RNA

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