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Pronunciation: /thymine*/

thymine

Definition

A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA. It is a type of pyrimidine.

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lassitude

Apidra

watchful waiting

pleural cavity

endostatin

inverted papilloma

sputum

lobule

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iodine I 124

whey protein isolate-based nutritional supplement

troglitazone

CDK2 inhibitor ARTS-021

bisoprolol fumarate

anti-HLA-G antibody TTX-080

BCR-ABL p210-b3a2 breakpoint-derived pentapeptide vaccine

FAP/CD40-targeting agent SHR-7367

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splice-site mutation

inherited cancer syndrome

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

screening

gonadal mosaicism

CHIP

massively parallel sequencing

chromosome

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