Definition of deoxyribose Deoxyribose
de•ox•y•ri•bose
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What does deoxyribose mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: deoxyriboses |
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| deoxyribose - a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids |
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Wiktionary 
- deoxyribose (Noun)
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.
Wikipedia 
- Deoxyribose is the sugar component of deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA, having one less hydroxyl group than ribose, the sugar component of ribonucleic acid or RNA.
Part of speech
🔤- deoxyribose, noun, singular of deoxyriboses.
