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adenine (n.)
crystaline base, 1885, coined by German physiologist/chemist Albrecht Kossel (1853-1927) from Greek
aden
"gland" (see
inguinal
) + chemical suffix
-ine
(2). So called because it was derived from the pancreas of an ox.