uracil

See also: Uracil

English

Etymology

From uro- +‎ ac(etic) +‎ -ile. Coined in 1885 by the German chemist Robert Behrend, who was attempting to synthesize derivatives of uric acid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊərəsɪl/

Noun

uracil (countable and uncountable, plural uracils)

1. (organic chemistry) One of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine.

   Synonym: (symbol) U

   Coordinate terms: adenine, cytosine, guanine

   • 2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191:

     We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.

Derived terms

• bromouracil
• dihydrouracil
• iodouracil
• thiouracil
• uracilated
• uracil mustard

 

Related terms

• uridine
• uridylate
• uridylic acid

 

Translations

one of the bases of RNA

• Catalan: uracil m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尿嘧啶 (zh) (niàomìdìng)

• Czech: uracil m
• Esperanto: uracilo
• Finnish: urasiili (fi)
• French: uracile (fr) m
• Galician: uracilo m
• German: Uracil (de) n
• Hungarian: uracil (hu)
• Italian: uracile (it) f
• Japanese: ウラシル (ja) (urashiru)
• Portuguese: uracil m, uracilo m (Portugal), uracila f (Brazil)
• Russian: ураци́л (ru) m (uracíl)
• Spanish: uracilo m

Anagrams

• Ulrica, Uralic, curial, lauric

Czech

Noun

uracil m inan

1. uracil

Declension

Declension of uracil (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	uracil	uracily
genitive	uracilu	uracilů
dative	uracilu	uracilům
accusative	uracil	uracily
vocative	uracile	uracily
locative	uracilu	uracilech
instrumental	uracilem	uracily

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾaˈsiw/ [u.ɾaˈsiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾɐˈsil/ [u.ɾɐˈsiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾɐˈsil/ [u.ɾɐˈsiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾɐˈsi.li/

Noun

uracil m (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) uracil (one of the bases of RNA)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French uracile.

Noun

uracil n (uncountable)

1. uracil

Declension

declension of uracil (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) uracil	uracilul
genitive/dative	(unui) uracil	uracilului
vocative	uracilule