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-ribine

/ɹɪ.biːn/

-ribine suffix: used to form names of ribofuranosyl derivatives of the pirazofurin type.

Suffix

-ribine

  1. Used to form names of ribofuranosyl derivatives of the pirazofurin type.

Origin of -ribine

From rib(osyl) + -ine.

Questions about -ribine

What does -ribine mean?
-ribine means used to form names of ribofuranosyl derivatives of the pirazofurin type.
What part of speech is -ribine?
-ribine is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -ribine?
-ribine is pronounced /ɹɪ.biːn/.

Words near -ribine in the dictionary

  1. -reotide
  2. -ress
  3. -resse
  4. -retin
  5. -retin-
  6. -ribine
  7. -ric
  8. -ridden
  9. -riffic
  10. -rific
  11. -rinone

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