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ribonucleotide

ribonucleotide noun: any nucleotide having ribose as its sugar.

Noun

ribonucleotide (plural ribonucleotides)

  1. Any nucleotide having ribose as its sugar
    Synonyms:
    ribotide

Synonyms of ribonucleotide

Forms of ribonucleotide

pluralribonucleotides

Origin of ribonucleotide

From ribo- + nucleotide.

Words formed from ribonucleotide

Questions about ribonucleotide

What does ribonucleotide mean?
Ribonucleotide means any nucleotide having ribose as its sugar.
What part of speech is ribonucleotide?
Ribonucleotide is a noun.
What is the plural of ribonucleotide?
The plural of ribonucleotide is ribonucleotides.

Words near ribonucleotide in the dictionary

  1. ribonucleosides
  2. ribonucleosome
  3. ribonucleosomes
  4. ribonucleotidase
  5. ribonucleotidases
  6. ribonucleotide
  7. ribonucleotides
  8. ribonucleotidyl
  9. ribonucleotidyls
  10. ribonucleotoxin
  11. ribonucleotoxins

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