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Definition 2024

thymine

thymine

English

Noun

thymine ‎(countable and uncountable, plural thymines)

(biochemistry, genetics) A base, C₅H₆N₂O₂, obtained by applying sulphuric acid to thymic acid; it pairs with adenine in DNA.

Translations

a base which appears in DNA

Chinese:
Mandarin: 胸腺嘧啶 (zh) ‎(xiōngxiànmìdìng)
Czech: thymin m
Esperanto: timino
French: thymine (fr) f
German: Thymin n

Hungarian: timin
Icelandic: týmín n
Italian: timina (it) f
Japanese: チミン ‎(chimin)
Polish: tymina f
Portuguese: timina f
Russian: тими́н (ru) m ‎(timín)