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adenosine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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UK: /əˈdɛnə(ʊ)siːn/
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US: /əˈdɛnəˌsin/
US: /əˈdɛnəsən/
US: /əˈdinəˌsin/
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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, genetics, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: nucleoside

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Chinese Mandarin: 腺苷 (xiàngān) — nucleoside
Czech: adenozin — nucleoside
Dutch: adenosine — nucleoside
Finnish: adenosiini — nucleoside
French: adénosine — nucleoside
German: Adenosin — nucleoside
Greek: αδενοσίνη (adenosíni) — nucleoside
Indonesian: adenosina — nucleoside
Italian: adenosina — nucleoside
Malay: adenosina — nucleoside
Persian: آدنوزین — nucleoside
Polish: adenozyna — nucleoside
Portuguese: adenosina — nucleoside
Spanish: adenosina — nucleoside
Swedish: adenosin — nucleoside
Turkish: adenozin — nucleoside
Vietnamese: ađênôzin — nucleoside

Word forms

Inflections and variants

adenosines — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: adefovir, adenoside, adenosine diphosphate, adenosine monophosphate, adenosine phosphate, adenosinergic, adenosine triphosphate, adenosinic, adenosyl, aminoadenosine, chloroadenosine, cyclohexyladenosine, deoxyadenosine, desoxyadenosine, diadenosine, dideoxyadenosine, methyladenosine, oligoadenosine, phenylisopropyladenosine, phosphoribosyladenosine, phosphorylated adenosine, polyadenosine, thioadenosine

Related: adenylate, adenylic acid, biochemistry

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Other relationships

Hypernyms: nucleoside

Sources

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