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purines (medicine) and perinatal (iou)


purines (medicine)


purines


A series of heterocyclic compounds that are variously substituted in Nature and are known also as purine bases. They include adenine and guanine, constituents of nucleic acids, as well as many alkaloids such as caffeine and theophylline. Uric acid is the metabolic end product of purine metabolism.


perinatal (iou)



perinatal adjective. M20.
[from PERI- + NATAL adjective1.]
Medicine. Of or pertaining to the period comprising the latter part of foetal life and the early postnatal period (commonly taken as ending either one week or four weeks after birth).
perinatally adverb in the perinatal period M20.
perina'tologist noun an expert or specialist in perinatology L20.
perina'tology noun the branch of obstetrics that deals with the perinatal period L20.