cytidine

[ sit-i-deen, -din, sahy-ti- ]
/ ˈsɪt ɪˌdin, -dɪn, ˈsaɪ tɪ- /

noun Biochemistry.

a white crystalline powder, C9H13N3O5, that is a ribonucleoside consisting of d-ribose and cytosine.

Origin of cytidine

< German Cytidin (1910), equivalent to cyt- cyto- + -idin suffix of organic compounds

OTHER WORDS FROM cytidine

cyt·i·dyl·ic [sit-i-dil-ik, sahy-ti-] /ˌsɪt ɪˈdɪl ɪk, ˌsaɪ tɪ-/, adjective

Words nearby cytidine

cytarabine, cytaster, cythera, cytherea, cytherean, cytidine, cytidine 5-triphosphate, cytidine diphosphate, cytidine monophosphate, cytidylic acid, cyto-

British Dictionary definitions for cytidine

cytidine
/ (ˈsɪtɪˌdaɪn) /

noun

biochem a nucleoside formed by the condensation of cytosine and ribose

Word Origin for cytidine

C20: from cyto- + -ide + -ine ²

Medical definitions for cytidine

cytidine
[ sī′tĭ-dēn′ ]

n.

A white crystalline nucleoside composed of one molecule each of cytosine and ribose. cytosine ribonucleoside