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Definition of "thymidine" [thymidine]

  • A nucleoside, C10H14N2O5, composed of thymine and deoxyribose. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "thymidine" in a sentence
  • "Pioneering work by Richard Axel (2004 Nobel Prize for the discovery of odorant receptors) showed that cultured mammalian cells defective in thymidine kinase could be rescued by introduction of the herpes virus thymidine kinase (tk) gene [28]."
  • "Inactive in pill form, Xeloda is enzymatically activated within the body; when it comes into contact with a naturally occurring protein called thymidine phosphorylase, or TP, Xeloda is transformed into 5-FU, a cytotoxic"
  • "Xeloda, which is inactive in pill form, becomes active when it comes into contact with a naturally occurring protein called thymidine phosphorylase"