| COSINE | • cosine n. (Trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to… • COSINE n. a trigonometrical function of an angle. |
| EOSINE | • eosine n. Alternative form of eosin. • EOSINE n. a red dye, also EOSIN. |
| INOSINE | • inosine n. (Biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any nucleoside formed from hypoxanthine attached to a ribose. • INOSINE n. a compound of hypoxanthine and ribose. |
| CYTOSINE | • cytosine n. (Biochemistry) A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and… • CYTOSINE n. one of the nitrogen-containing bases forming nucleotides in deoxyribonucleic acid. |
| KEROSINE | • kerosine n. Alternative spelling of kerosene. • KEROSINE n. a fuel oil, also KEROSENE, KERO. |
| TYROSINE | • tyrosine n. (Biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal… • TYROSINE n. an amino acid formed by decomposition of proteins, first obtained from cheese. |
| ADENOSINE | • adenosine n. (Biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated… • ADENOSINE n. a nucleotide made up of adenine and ribose. |
| ARCCOSINE | • arccosine n. (Trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the cosine function. • ARCCOSINE n. a mathematical function. |
| GUANOSINE | • guanosine n. (Biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) A nucleoside derived from guanine and ribose. • GUANOSINE n. a nucleoside composed of guanine and ribose. |
| NIGROSINE | • nigrosine n. A dark blue synthetic dyestuff of the induline group. • NIGROSINE n. a blackish coal-tar colour dye, also NIGROSIN. |
| DIDANOSINE | • didanosine n. (Pharmacology) A reverse transcriptase inhibitor drug C10H12N4O3 which inhibits the replication of HIV… |
| HOMOLOSINE | • homolosine adj. (Cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps. • HOMOLOSINE adj. as in homolosine projection, an equal-area projection map of the globe. |
| ERYTHROSINE | • erythrosine n. (Chemistry) tetraiodo-fluorescein, a cherry-pink fluorone used as a food colouring, in printing inks… • ERYTHROSINE n. a red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosine, also ERYTHROSIN. |
| SPHINGOSINE | • sphingosine n. (Biochemistry) An unsaturated aliphatic amino alcohol associated with the lipids of brain tissue. • SPHINGOSINE n. an unsaturated amino alcohol found esp. in nervous tissue and cell membranes. |