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thymidineless

thymidineless adjective: lacking thymidine.

Adjective

thymidineless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking thymidine.
    • DNA synthesis decreases due to lack of thymidine, leading to imbalanced cell growth and “thymidine-less death” of rapidly dividing cells.2015, Kourtney LaPlant, Paige Louzon, “Anticancer Drugs”, in Karen Whalen, Richard Finkel, Thomas A. Panavelil, editors, Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, 6th edition, Wolters Kluwer...

Origin of thymidineless

From thymidine + -less.

Questions about thymidineless

What does thymidineless mean?
Thymidineless means lacking thymidine.
What part of speech is thymidineless?
Thymidineless is an adjective.

Words near thymidineless in the dictionary

  1. thymey
  2. thymi
  3. thymic
  4. thymically
  5. thymidine
  6. thymidineless
  7. thymidines
  8. thymidyl
  9. thymidylate
  10. thymidylated
  11. thymidylates

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