deoxyribose
Noun
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Noun
deoxyribose
- (carbohydrate) A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.
- French: désoxyribose
- German: Desoxyribose
- Italian: deossiribosio
- Portuguese: desoxirribose
- Russian: дезоксирибоза
- Spanish: desoxirribosa
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