Organic Chemical
cytidine Audio
cyt·i·dine [ sit-i-deen, -din, sahy-ti- ]
Subclass of:
Pyrimidine Nucleosides; Ribonucleosides
Definitions related to cytidine:
  • A pyrimidine nucleoside comprised of a cytosine bound to ribose via a beta-N1-glycosidic bond. Cytidine is a precursor for uridine. Both cytidine and uridine are utilized in RNA synthesis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A pyrimidine nucleoside that is composed of the base CYTOSINE linked to the five-carbon sugar D-RIBOSE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Pyrimidine nucleoside that is composed of the base cytosine linked to the five-carbon sugar D-ribose.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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