Deoxyribose

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sugar, C5H10O4, that is a constituent of DNA.
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  • n. 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 comprise the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a pentose (C5H10O4) in which one of the hydroxyl groups of ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen. In deoxyribonucleic acids, the deoxyribose is D-2-deoxyribose, in which the hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is replaced by hydrogen.
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  • n. a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    saccharide    carbohydrate    sugar   
    Hyponym
    d-2-deoxyribose   
     
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