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Definition of Pyrimidine

Medically reviewed by Min Clinic Staff | Updated: January 2026

Pyrimidine: One of the two classes of bases in DNA and RNA. The pyrimidine bases are thymine (T) and cytosine (C) in DNA and cytosine (C) and uracil (U) in RNA.