Cytosin

See also: cytosin

German

Etymology

Discovered and named by the German biochemists Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann in 1894 when it was hydrolyzed from calf thymus tissues. From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Cytosin n (strong, genitive Cytosins, no plural)

1. cytosine (a base which appears in DNA)

Declension

Declension of Cytosin [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Cytosin
genitive	eines	des	Cytosins
dative	einem	dem	Cytosin
accusative	ein	das	Cytosin

References

• “Cytosin” in Duden online