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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A nucleoside, C10H14N2O5, composed of thymine and deoxyribose.

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  • noun biochemistry, genetics The nucleoside consisting of a combination of deoxyribose and thymine

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  • noun a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[thym(ine) + –id(e) + –ine.]

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