English

T

/tiː/
The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

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    • derivedEnglishtestosterone “A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced ma…”
      • partEnglishtestis “A testicle of a vertebrate.”
        • learned borrowingLatintestis “one who attests, a witness”
      • partEnglish-o- “A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without c…”
        • borrowedLatin-o-
      • partEnglish-sterone “Steroid hormone.”
        • partEnglishsterol “Any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring.”
        • partEnglish-one “a ketone”

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