"pentose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pentoses [plural]
Etymology: From penta (“five”) + -ose (“sugar”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|penta<t:five>|-ose<t:sugar>}} penta (“five”) + -ose (“sugar”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pentose (plural pentoses)
  1. (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms. Wikipedia link: pentose Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Synonyms: pentaose Hyponyms: deoxyribose Hyponyms (aldopentose): ribose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose Hyponyms (ketopentose): ribulose, xylulose Derived forms: pentose phosphate pathway Related terms: agaropentaose Translations (saccharide containing five carbon atoms): pentosa [feminine] (Catalan), 戊醣 (Chinese Cantonese), 戊糖 (mou⁶ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 五碳醣 (Chinese Cantonese), 五碳糖 (ng⁵ taan³ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 戊糖 (wùtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 五碳糖 (wǔtàntáng) (Chinese Mandarin), pentozo (Esperanto), pentoosi (Finnish), पंचधु (pañcdhu) (Hindi), pentóz (Hungarian), pentoso [masculine] (Italian), pentosio [masculine] (Italian), ペントース (pentōsu) (Japanese), 오탄당 (otandang) (alt: 五炭糖) (Korean), 펜토스 (pentoseu) (Korean), pentose [feminine] (Portuguese), pentosa [feminine] (Spanish), pentos (Swedish), pentoz (Turkish)

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      "sense": "saccharide containing five carbon atoms",
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      "sense": "saccharide containing five carbon atoms",
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      "sense": "saccharide containing five carbon atoms",
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      "sense": "saccharide containing five carbon atoms",
      "word": "pentos"
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      "sense": "saccharide containing five carbon atoms",
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