Medical term:
thymine
thymine
[thi´mēn]a pyrimidine base found in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
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thy·mine (Thy),
(thī'mēn, -min),5-Methyluracil; a constituent of thymidylic acid and DNA; elevated in hyperuracil thyminuria.
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thymine
(thī′mēn′)n. Abbr. T
A pyrimidine base, C5H6N2O2, that is an essential constituent of DNA.
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thy·mine
(thī'mēn)A constituent of thymidylic acid and DNA; elevated in hyperuracil-thyminuria.
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thymine
A pyrimidine base, one of the four whose particular sequence forms the genetic code in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
Fig. 297 Thymine . Molecular structure.
thymine
one of four types of nitrogenous bases found in DNA, having the single-ring structure of a class known as PYRIMIDINES. Thymine forms part of a DNA unit called a NUCLEOTIDE and always forms complementary pairs with a DNA purine base called ADENINE. See Fig. 297 . Thymine is replaced by URACIL in RNA molecules.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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