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pteridine

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A bicyclic aromatic heterocycle consisting of fused pyrimidine and pyrazine rings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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History

Etymology

From pterin + -idine.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 蝶啶 (dip6 ding6) — bicyclic aromatic heterocycle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蝶啶 (diédìng) — bicyclic aromatic heterocycle
  • Japanese: プテリジン (puterijin) — bicyclic aromatic heterocycle
  • Korean: 프테리딘 (peuteridin) — bicyclic aromatic heterocycle