Nucleoside

/ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌsaɪd/ noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA). When the phosphate group is covalently attached to the pentose sugar, it forms a nucleotide.
  2. 2
    a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid wordnet

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base sugar conjugatedeoxyribosideglycosidenucleoside analognucleoside analoguenucleoside like

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"Originally designed by Japanese researchers for influenza, the drug is a nucleoside analogue — a molecule that looks like a building block of genetic material."

Etymology

Probably from nucleo- + (glyc)oside.

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