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n 1: a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from
pyrimidine; pairs with adenine [syn: thymine]
2: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
(ribose) [syn: deoxythymidine monophosphate]
3: a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms [syn: metric
ton, MT, tonne]
4: a unit of information equal to a trillion
(1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 1024 gigabytes [syn: terabyte,
TB]
5: the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
6: thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less
iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity;
exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is
more potent and briefer [syn: triiodothyronine, liothyronine]
7: hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate
metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells;
"thyroxine is 65% iodine" [syn: thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine]