腺嘌呤 Traditional form: 腺嘌呤 Pinyin (reading): xiànpiàolìng Definitions: adenine nucleotide (A, pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA and with uracil U 尿嘧啶 in RNA) Characters: 腺 - gland 嘌 - fast, speedy 呤 - purine Traditional characters: 腺 - gland 嘌 - fast, speedy 呤 - purine