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Definition: Thiouracil |
ThiouracilNoun1. Depresses the function of the thyroid gland. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Occurs in seeds of Brassica and Crucifera species. Thiouracil has been used as antithyroid, coronary vasodilator, and in congestive heart failure although its use has been largely supplanted by other drugs. It is known to cause blood dyscrasias and suspected of terato- and carcinogenesis. (references) |
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Crosswords: Thiouracil |
| English words defined with "thiouracil": goitrogen. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "thiouracil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 硫尿嘧啶. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | iouracilthay | ||||
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Words beginning with "thiouracil": thiouracils. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-i-l-o-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: acrolith, trochili, uralitic. | |
-3 letters: chariot, chorial, curtail, haircut, haricot, thiolic, trochal, trochil, urolith. | |
-4 letters: aortic, archil, author, caroli, chalot, chiral, chital, choral, citola, citral, coital, curial, curtal, harlot, iatric, italic, lictor, liroth, litchi, lithia, lithic, lochia, lorica, ocular, orchil, rialto, rictal, ritual, tailor, thoria, thoric, thulia, toluic, torula, turaco, uracil, uratic. | |
-5 letters: actor, aioli. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-i-l-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: thiouracils. | |
+2 letters: unhistorical. | |
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