citosina

Galician

Noun

citosina f (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) cytosine

Italian

Etymology

By surface analysis, cito- +‎ -ina.

Noun

citosina f (plural citosine)

1. (biochemistry) cytosine

Anagrams

• Castioni, canoisti, coniasti, istonica

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.toˈzĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.toˈzĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.toˈzi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.tuˈzi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: ci‧to‧si‧na

Noun

citosina f (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) cytosine (a base which appears in DNA)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Cytosin, equivalent to cito- +‎ -osa +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θitoˈsina/ [θi.t̪oˈsi.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sitoˈsina/ [si.t̪oˈsi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: ci‧to‧si‧na

Noun

citosina f (plural citosinas)

1. (organic chemistry) cytosine

   Hypernym: pirimidina

   Coordinate terms: timina, uracilo

Further reading

• “citosina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014