A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine.

synonym: thymine.

Polish: tymina

One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose).

synonym: deoxythymidine monophosphate.

A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.

synonyms: metric ton, MT, tonne.

Dutch: ton
Polish: t, tona

The 20th letter of the Roman alphabet.

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.

Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells:
— Thyroxine is 65% iodine.

synonyms: tetraiodothyronine, thyroxin, thyroxine.

Polish: tyroksyna