thioguanosine etymology

English word thioguanosine comes from English thio-, English guanosine

Detailed word origin of thioguanosine

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
thio- English (eng) (chemistry) containing sulfur / sulphur, especially a compound in which oxygen has been replaced by this element.
guanosine English (eng) (biochemistry, genetics, organic compound) A nucleoside derived from guanine and ribose.
thioguanosine English (eng) (organic compound) The compound 2-amino-6-mercapto-9-(b-D-ribofuranosyl)purine formally derived from guanosine by eplacing the guanine by thioguanine.

Words with the same origin as thioguanosine

Descendants of thio-
aurothiomalate bisthiourea dialkylthiourea thioacetic acid thioalkaloid thioaminal thioanisole thiobarbiturate thiobenzanilide thiocarboxylic thiocyanuric thiodiglycol thioethyl thioformaldehyde thiohemiketal thiometalate thiophilic thiopurine thiopyridone thiopyrimidine thioquinone thiosulfate thiotrophic thiouridine