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Meanings

Noun

• a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
• one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
• a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
• the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
• 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
• hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells
  • "thyroxine is 65% iodine"

Synonyms

deoxythymidine monophosphate, liothyronine, metric ton, MT, tetraiodothyronine, thymine, thyroxin, thyroxine, tonne, triiodothyronine