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nouna unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
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nounthyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer
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nounone of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
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nouna base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
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"thyroxine is 65% iodine"nounhormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells
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nounthe 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
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