adenine (n.)
crystalline base, 1885, coined by German physiologist/chemist Albrecht Kossel from Greek adēn "gland," from PIE root *engw- "internal organ" (see inguinal) + chemical suffix -ine (2). So called because it was derived from the pancreas of an ox.
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