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胞嘧啶

Mandarin · pinyin bāo mì dìng

cytosine nucleotide (C, pairs with guanine G 鳥嘌呤 in DNA and RNA)

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胞: bāo · womb, placenta, fetal membrane
嘧: mì · pyrimidine
啶: dìng · phonetic used in pyridine and pyrimidine

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1–4–4 · bao1 mi4 ding4

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cytosine

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