thymine

(t̸hī′mēn′, -min)

noun

a white, crystalline, pyrimidine base, CHNO, contained in the nucleic acids of all tissue: it links with adenine in the DNA structure

Origin: Ger thymin < Gr thymos, spirit (< IE *dhūmo- < base *dheu-, to blow > dull, fume) + Ger -in, -ine

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noun Abbr. T

A pyrimidine base, C₅H₆N₂O₂, that is an essential constituent of DNA.

Origin:

Origin: thym(ic acid), acid obtained from the thymus

Origin: + -ine²

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