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Definition of thymine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

thymine

noun
 
/ˈθaɪmiːn/
 
/ˈθaɪmiːn/
[uncountable] (chemistry)
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  1. one of the four compounds that make up DNA
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from thymus + -ine.
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