Cytosin

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German

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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Cytosin n (strong, genitive Cytosins, no plural)

  1. cytosine (a base which appears in DNA)

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