how to pronounce thymine

/ˈθaɪmɪn/

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thymine is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of thymine in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the brain but glam thymine in the body …”

meanings of thymine

noun:

A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.

thymine frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word thymine occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.