guanine

(symbol: G) n. a purine compound in the nucleotides of living organisms. It is one of the four bases in DNA and RNA constituting the genetic code, the others being adenine, cytosine, and thymine or uracil.

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Psychology term of the day

March 17th 2025

paranoid delusion

loosely, any of a variety of false personal beliefs tenaciously sustained even in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. These include delusions of grandeur, delusional jealousy, or, most frequently, delusions of persecution.