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thymine

thy·mine

UK/ˈθaɪmiːn/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From thymus + -ine. Thymine was first isolated in 1893 by Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann from calves' thymus glands, hence its name.

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