ribose
English
noun
Definitions
- (carbohydrate) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Ribose.
Origin
German (Berlin)
Ribose
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deoxyribonucleic English
- deoxyribose English
- deoxyribosyl English
- desoxyribonucleic English
- desoxyribose English
- diphosphoribose English
- flavin English
- microribonucleic English
- nucleic English
- phosphoribose English
- phosphoribosyl English
- phosphoribosyladenosine English
- riboflavin English
- ribonuclease English
- ribonucleic English
- ribosyl English
- ribosylate English
- ribosylation English
- ribosylhydrolase English
- ribosyltransferase English
- trideoxyribose English
- Ribose German