A component of DNA; originally and properly called thymidylic acid, but use of deoxy- is less ambiguous, as ribothymidylic acid is now known to exist. SYN: thymine deoxyribonucleotide.
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de·oxy·thy·mi·dyl·ic ac·id (de-ok″se-thi″mĭ-dilґik) deoxythymidine monophosphate.Medical dictionary. 2011.