Etymology

bromouridine

B3R1O1M3O1U1R1I1D2I1N1E1

Today it means: Any bromo derivative of uridine, but especially 5-bromouridine, whose triphosphate is used to immunocytochemically label newly synthesized RNA in living cells Full definition →

English uridine ← French brome ← Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos)
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  1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  2. Frenchbrome
  3. Englishbrome
  4. Englishbromine
  5. Englishbromo-
  6. Englishuridine
  7. English todaybromouridine

From bromo- + uridine.

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