how to pronounce adenine

/ˈæd.ə.niːn/

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adenine is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of adenine in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… molecule like adenine made up of a few …”

meanings of adenine

noun:

A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.

adenine frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word adenine occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.