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inosine

inosine noun: any nucleoside formed from hypoxanthine attached to a ribose.

inosine: any nucleoside formed from hypoxanthine attached to a ribose
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Noun

inosine (countable and uncountable, plural inosines)

  1. Any nucleoside formed from hypoxanthine attached to a ribose

Forms of inosine

pluralinosines

Origin of inosine

From ἰνός (inós), genitive singular of ἴς (ís, “sinew, muscle”).

Words formed from inosine

Questions about inosine

What does inosine mean?
Inosine means any nucleoside formed from hypoxanthine attached to a ribose.
What part of speech is inosine?
Inosine is a noun.
What is the plural of inosine?
The plural of inosine is inosines.

Words near inosine in the dictionary

  1. inosilicate
  2. inosilicates
  3. inosin
  4. inosinate
  5. inosinates
  6. inosine
  7. inosine pranobex
  8. inosines
  9. inosinic
  10. inosinic acid
  11. inosinome

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