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thymene |
thymiatechny |
thymic |
thymic acid |
thymidine |
thymine
| thymol
| thymosin
| thymus
| thymus gland
| thymus serpyllum
thymine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun thymine has 1 sense
- thymine(n = noun.substance) t - a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine; Array is a kind of pyrimidine
OXFORD DICTIONARY
thymine, n. Biochem. a pyrimidine derivative found in all living tissue as a component base of DNA.
Etymology
thymic (as THYMUS) + -INE(4)
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