Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Desoxyribose

    дезоксирибозаdezoksiriboza

More definitions
  • a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids

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