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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thymine /ˈθʌɪmiːn/

▶noun Biochemistry a compound which is one of the four constituent bases of DNA.

– origin C19: from thymus + -ine4.

'thymine' also found in these Oxford entries:

base pair - pyrimidine - thymidine - uracil

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