What does "adenosine" mean?

A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.

How do you pronounce "adenosine"?

Pronounced //əˈdɛnəˌsin//.

/əˈdɛnəˌsin/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.
"Caffeine acts as an antagonist at receptors in the brain for one of the chemical messengers called adenosine."
2
(biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP wordnet

"Caffeine is a purinergic antagonist that competitively inhibits adenosine at the sites of P1 receptors."

From German Adenosin, corresponding to aden(ine) + (rib)os(e) + -ine.