deoxythymidine etymology

English word deoxythymidine comes from English deoxy-, English thymidine

Detailed word origin of deoxythymidine

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
deoxy- English (eng) (chemistry) Forming the names of compounds that are formally derived from others by the replacement of a hydroxy group by a hydrogen atom.
thymidine English (eng) (biochemistry, genetics) The nucleoside consisting of a combination of deoxyribose and thymine.
deoxythymidine English (eng) (organic chemistry) thymidine.

Words with the same origin as deoxythymidine

Descendants of deoxy-
ddNTP deoxyanthocyanin deoxybouvardin deoxycholic deoxycortisol deoxyelephantopin deoxyglucose deoxyguanine deoxyguanosine deoxyhypusine deoxyhypusine monooxygenase deoxymyoglobin deoxynucleoside deoxynucleotide deoxyribofuranose deoxyspergualin deoxystreptamine deoxyuridine dideoxy dideoxycytidine dideoxynucleotide dideoxysugar doxorubicin hexadeoxynucleotide