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