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desoxyribose

desoxyribose is the alternative spelling of deoxyribose.

Meaning of deoxyribose

Noun

deoxyribose (countable and uncountable, plural deoxyriboses)

  1. 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.

Forms of desoxyribose

pluraldesoxyriboses

Origin of desoxyribose

From desoxy- + ribose.

Words formed from desoxyribose

Phrases with desoxyribose

Questions about desoxyribose

What is desoxyribose the alternative spelling of?
Desoxyribose is the alternative spelling of deoxyribose.

Words near desoxyribose in the dictionary

  1. desoxyribonucleolytic
  2. desoxyribonucleoside
  3. desoxyribonucleosides
  4. desoxyribonucleotide
  5. desoxyribonucleotides
  6. desoxyribose
  7. desoxyribose nucleic acid
  8. desoxyribose nucleic acids
  9. desoxyriboses
  10. desoxythymidine
  11. desoxyuridine

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