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noun
1.
A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine.  Synonym: thymine.
2.
One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose).  Synonym: deoxythymidine monophosphate.
3.
A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.  Synonyms: metric ton, MT, tonne.
4.
The 20th letter of the Roman alphabet.
5.
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.  Synonyms: liothyronine, triiodothyronine.
6.
Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells.  Synonyms: tetraiodothyronine, thyroxin, thyroxine.



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"T" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Stop it, father. I don't think you should call attention to us so much. Get the meteorological reports from the Pole—we need them. If they tell us this weather will hold at 10,000 and below, ...
— Tarrano the Conqueror • Raymond King Cummings

... moreover, she has never once opposed any of my ideas. But all this, you know, has meant much work and many worries. Ever since the people realized that I was a little Turgot they have grovelled before me, and that has pained me not a little. And so I have various friends that I don't care for, and various enemies that I could well do without. The sham poor owe me a grudge because I do not let myself be duped by them; and there are perverse and worthless people who think one is always doing too much for others, and never enough ...
— Mauprat • George Sand

... deed is do Whereof great harm shall grow: My destiny is for to die A shameful death, I trow; Or else to flee. The t' one must be. None other way I know But to withdraw as an outlaw, And take me to my bow. Wherefore adieu, mine own heart true! None other rede I can: For I must to the green-wood ...
— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy

... "Don't imagine, Petrie," said Smith "that I am trying to lead you blindfolded in order later to dazzle you with my perspicacity. I am simply afraid that this may be a wild-goose chase. The idea upon which I am acting does not seem to have struck you. ...
— The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu • Sax Rohmer

... Not yet. Don't tell me go to sleep again; It makes me so, so frightened! Take me up, And let me sit upon your knee.—Where's ...
— The Poetical Works of George MacDonald in Two Volumes, Volume I • George MacDonald


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