名詞 purine:

1. any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
2. a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances

pu.rine

n.（名詞）
A colorless crystalline organic base, C5H 4N 4, that is the parent compound of various biologically important derivatives.
嘌呤：一種無色晶體狀有機堿C5H 4N 4，它是生物上許多重要衍生物的母體化合物
Any of a group of organic compounds derived from or structurally related to purine, including uric acid, caffeine, and the nucleic acid constituents adenine and guanine.
嘌呤衍生物：從嘌呤衍生出來或在結構上與嘌呤有關的一組有機化合物的任一種，包括尿酸、咖啡因及核酸的組成成分腺嘌呤以及烏嘌呤等

來源：
German Purin
德語 Purin
Latin pôrus [clean] * see pure
拉丁語 pôrus [干凈的] *參見 pure
New Latin uricus, uricum [uric] from Greek ouron [urine]
現(xiàn)代拉丁語 uricus, uricum [尿的] 源自 希臘語 ouron [尿]
-in [n. suff.] from French -ine * see -in
-in [名詞后綴] 源自 法語 -ine *參見 -in