Definition of Thymidine

1. Noun. A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose.

Exact synonyms: Deoxythymidine
Generic synonyms: Nucleoside

Definition of Thymidine

1. Noun. (biochemistry genetics) The nucleoside consisting of a combination of deoxyribose and thymine ¹

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Definition of Thymidine

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Thymidine

1. Term that is always used in practice for the nucleoside thymine deoxyriboside, not the riboside which naming of the other nucleosides might lead one to expect. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thymidine

thymic
thymic acid
thymic agenesis
thymic alymphoplasia
thymic aplasia
thymic arteries
thymic branches of internal thoracic artery
thymic corpuscle
thymic hormone
thymic hypoplasia
thymic lymphopoietic factor
thymic veins
thymically
thymicolymphatic
thymidine (current term)
thymidine-diphospho-4-keto-6-deoxyglucose epimerase
thymidine 5'-diphosphate
thymidine 5'-monophosphate
thymidine 5'-triphosphate
thymidine kinase
thymidine monophosphate
thymidine permease
thymidine phosphorylase
thymidine triphosphate
thymidines
thymidylate
thymidylate synthase
thymidylate synthase-dihydrofolate reductase
thymidylates

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