胞嘧啶

Traditional form:

胞嘧啶

Pinyin (reading):

bāomìdìng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 胞 - womb, placenta, fetal membrane
• 嘧 - in chemistry, -mi as in pyramidine
• 啶 - in chemistry, -dine

Traditional characters:

• 胞 - womb, placenta, fetal membrane
• 嘧 - in chemistry, -mi as in pyramidine
• 啶 - in chemistry, -dine