Thymine Moderate

Thymine has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

1

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

thymine T

2

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

See Also

deoxythymine homothymine heterocyclic sorivudine ribonucleic acid depyrimidination adenine polythymine

Related Terms

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

pyrimidine

Rhyming Words

ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine

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