thymidineless

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adjective

Lacking thymidine.

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Meanings

adjectivethymidineless (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiochemistryLacking 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, →ISBN, page 596

Origin

From thymidine + -less.

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APA

thymidineless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thymidineless

MLA

“thymidineless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thymidineless. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thymidineless,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thymidineless.

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