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Thymine
Pronunciation
Definition 1
A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA. It is a type of pyrimidine. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
2,4-diketo-5-methylpyrimidine; one of the 5 major bases (with adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil) found in nucleic acids. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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