citosina
Galician
Noun
citosina f (uncountable)
Italian
Etymology
By surface analysis, cito- + -ina.
Noun
citosina f (plural citosine)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.toˈzĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.toˈzi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.tuˈzi.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: ci‧to‧si‧na
Noun
citosina f (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) cytosine (a base which appears in DNA)
Further reading
- “citosina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “citosina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Cytosin, equivalent to cito- + -osa + -ina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θitoˈsina/ [θi.t̪oˈsi.na] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /sitoˈsina/ [si.t̪oˈsi.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: ci‧to‧si‧na
Noun
citosina f (plural citosinas)
- (organic chemistry) cytosine
- Hypernym: pirimidina
- Coordinate terms: timina, uracilo
Further reading
- “citosina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025