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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.
2. 2
   a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid wordnet

Etymology

From German Ribose, formed from Ribonsäure, the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of English arabinose.

Related phrases

ADP-riboseribose nucleic acidnucleic acidribonucleic acid

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