嘌 (piào) — (literary) fast, speedy; used in 嘌呤 (purine)

Definition

A bound literary character meaning 'fast' — almost never seen alone, used today mainly in 嘌呤 (purine). Appears in chemistry/biology texts about nucleic acids and gout.

bound form

(literary) fastspeedyused in 嘌呤 (purine)

Examples

嘌呤。
piào Lìng shì rén tǐ nèi zhòng yào de hán dàn jiǎn jī zhī yī.
Purine is one of the important nitrogen-containing bases in the human body.
嘌呤。
Tòng fēng huàn zhě xū yào xiàn zhì gāo piào lìng shí wù de shè rù.
Gout patients need to limit their intake of high-purine foods.
嘌呤。
piào Lìng dài xiè wěn luàn huì dǎo zhì niào suān shēng gāo.
Disorder of purine metabolism can lead to elevated uric acid.

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