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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 constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- English deoxy- English ribose English deoxyribose From deoxy- + ribose.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
deoksiribose
— derivative of ribose
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Catalan:
desoxiribosa
— derivative of ribose
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Chinese Cantonese:
脫氧核糖 /脱氧核糖
(tyut3 joeng5 hat6 tong4)
— derivative of ribose
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Chinese Cantonese:
去氧核糖
(heoi3 joeng5 hat6 tong4)
— derivative of ribose
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Chinese Mandarin:
脫氧核糖 /脱氧核糖
(tuōyǎng hétáng)
— derivative of ribose
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Chinese Mandarin:
去氧核糖
(qùyǎng hétáng)
— derivative of ribose
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Danish:
deoxyribose
— derivative of ribose
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Dutch:
deoxyribose
— derivative of ribose
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French:
désoxyribose
— derivative of ribose
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German:
Desoxyribose
— derivative of ribose
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Italian:
deossiribosio
— derivative of ribose
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Japanese:
デオキシリボース
(deokishiribōsu)
— derivative of ribose
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Northern Kurdish:
rîboza kêmoksîjen
— derivative of ribose
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Polish:
deoksyryboza
— derivative of ribose
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Polish:
dezoksyryboza
— derivative of ribose
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Portuguese:
desoxirribose
— derivative of ribose
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Romanian:
dezoxiriboză
— derivative of ribose
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Russian:
дезоксирибоза
(dezoksiriboza)
— derivative of ribose
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Spanish:
desoxirribosa
— derivative of ribose
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Swedish:
deoxiribos
— derivative of ribose
