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Deoxyribose - What does it mean?

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deoxyribose

English

(wikipedia deoxyribose)

Noun

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  • (carbohydrate) 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.

    • Alternative forms

    * desoxyribose

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.