citosina
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Noun ===
citosina f (uncountable)
(biochemistry) cytosine
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
By surface analysis, cito- + -ina.
=== Noun ===
citosina f (plural citosine)
(biochemistry) cytosine
=== Anagrams ===
Castioni, canoisti, coniasti, istonica
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
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] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
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