purina

Galician

Noun

purina f (plural purinas)

1. (organic chemistry) purine

Coordinate terms

• pirimidina

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, inherited from Malay purina, from German Purin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.ˈri.na/
• Rhymes: -na, -a
• Hyphenation: pu‧ri‧na

Noun

purina (plural purina-purina)

1. (organic chemistry) purine: Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids

Usage notes

Although purina is standard form, the form purin has been the dominant form.

Alternative forms

• purin

See also

• adenina
• asam urat
• guanina
• hipoksantin
• xantine

Further reading

• “purina”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈri.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: pu‧rì‧na

Noun

purina f (plural purine)

1. (organic chemistry) purine

Derived terms

• purinico

Further reading

• “purina”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• prunai, punirà

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puˈɾĩ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈɾi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: pu‧ri‧na

Noun

purina f (plural purinas)

1. (organic chemistry) purine (heterocyclic compound composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings)

Further reading

• “purina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “purina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Purin, from Latin purus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈɾina/ [puˈɾi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: pu‧ri‧na

Noun

purina f (plural purinas)

1. (organic chemistry) purine

   Hyponyms: adenina, guanina

   Coordinate term: pirimidina

Further reading

• “purina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025