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Definition of: guanine
(gwä′nēn) noun Biochem.
A white amorphous compound, C5H5N5O, contained in guano, fish scales, muscle tissue, the pancreas: it is also a decomposition product of nucleoproteins. Also gua′nin (-nin). [<GUANO + -INE2]
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