thymine

English

Etymology

thymic +‎ -ine

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθaɪmɪn/

Noun

thymine (countable and uncountable, plural thymines)

(biochemistry, genetics) A base, $C_{5}H_{6}N_{2}O_{2}$ , obtained by applying sulphuric acid to thymic acid; it pairs with adenine in DNA.

Translations

a base which appears in DNA

Chinese:
Mandarin: 胸腺嘧啶 (zh) (xiōngxiànmìdìng)
Czech: thymin m
Esperanto: timino
French: thymine (fr) f
German: Thymin n
Hungarian: timin

Icelandic: týmín n
Italian: timina (it) f
Japanese: チミン (ja) (chimin)
Polish: tymina f
Portuguese: timina f
Russian: тими́н (ru) m (timín)

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