[mass noun](Chemistry)a colourless crystalline compound with basic properties (化)嘧啶,间二氮(杂)苯
A heteroaromatic compound; chem. formula: C4H4N2 芳香杂环化合物;化学分子式:C4H4N2 ■(亦作 pyrimidine base)[count noun]a substituted derivative of this, especially the bases thymine and cytosine present in DNA 嘧啶碱基
语源
late 19th cent.: from German Pyrimidin, from pyridine, with the insertion of -im- from imide