noun🔗ShareA diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA: thymine, uracil and cytosine"The science lesson explained that pyrimidines, like thymine and cytosine, are essential building blocks of DNA's genetic code. "chemistrybiochemistrybiologycompoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading