Word: purines
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pu
rines
Definition: Plural of purine; any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
Morphemes:
Affix: purine
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.