thymine

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Meaning

1. noun A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.

Similar words

adenine dimer dimers homothymine pyrimidine deoxythymine thymidine thymidyl thymidylic acid cytosine

Often followed by

and dimers in dimer is or glycol residues bases

Word family

thymines