[ 'adɪni:n ]
■ noun Biochemistry a compound which is one of the four constituent bases of DNA and RNA.
Origin
C19: from Gk adēn 'gland' + -ine 4 .
ADENINE
Meaning of ADENINE in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004