uracil

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009071",
  "term": "uracil",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of RNA. It is a type of pyrimidine.",
    "One of the 5 major bases (with adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine) which are a component of nucleic acids."
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    "2,4-dioxopyrimidine",
    "2,4-pyrimidinediol",
    "2-hydroxy-4-(1H)-pyrimidione",
    "2-hydroxy-4-(3H)-pyrimidione"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/uracil/"
}