Related / Similar Words:
thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine, T, triiodothyronine, liothyronine, terabyte, TB, metric ton, MT, tonne, deoxythymidine monophosphate, thymine Definition: hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine";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;the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet;a unit of information equal to a trillion (1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 1024 gigabytes;a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms;one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose);a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine;
Substance Meronyms:
deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA Member Meronyms: Roman alphabet, Latin alphabet
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