thymine (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *thymine*:
NOUN	substance	thymine, T	a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine

English > *thymine*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine.
Synonym	T
Broader	pyrimidine	Any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine
Substance of	deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA	(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix
Spanish	timina
Catalan	timina

HyperDic: thymine