Etymology

deoxythymidine

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Today it means: thymidine Full definition →

English thymidine ← Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  8. Ancient Greekὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)
  9. Englishoxy-
  10. Englishdeoxy-
  11. Englishthymidine
  12. English todaydeoxythymidine

From deoxy- + thymidine.

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