"deoxyribose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deoxyriboses [plural]
Etymology: deoxy- + ribose Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|deoxy|ribose}} deoxy- + ribose Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deoxyribose (countable and uncountable, plural deoxyriboses)
  1. (biochemistry) 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. Wikipedia link: deoxyribose Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Synonyms: desoxyribose Derived forms: deoxyribose nucleic acid Translations (derivative of ribose): deoksiribose (Afrikaans), desoxiribosa (Catalan), 脫氧核糖 (Chinese Cantonese), 脱氧核糖 (tyut³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 去氧核糖 (heoi³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 脫氧核糖 (Chinese Mandarin), 脱氧核糖 (tuōyǎng hétáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 去氧核糖 (qùyǎng hétáng) (Chinese Mandarin), deoxyribose (Danish), deoxyribose (Dutch), désoxyribose (French), Desoxyribose (German), deossiribosio [masculine] (Italian), デオキシリボース (deokishiribōsu) (Japanese), rîboza kêmoksîjen (Northern Kurdish), deoksyryboza [feminine] (Polish), dezoksyryboza [feminine] (Polish), desoxirribose (Portuguese), dezoxiriboză (Romanian), дезоксирибоза (dezoksiriboza) (Russian), desoxirribosa [feminine] (Spanish), deoxiribos (Swedish)

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