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deoxyribonucleoside

[dee-ok-si-rahy-boh-noo-klee-uh-sahyd, -nyoo-]

noun Biochemistry.

a compound composed of deoxyribose and either a purine or a pyrimidine.

Nearby words

  1. deoxyhemoglobin,
  2. deoxymannose,
  3. deoxyribonuclease,
  4. deoxyribonucleic acid,
  5. deoxyribonucleoprotein,
  6. deoxyribonucleotide,
  7. deoxyribose,
  8. deoxythymidylic acid,
  9. dep.,
  10. depaint

Origin of deoxyribonucleoside

First recorded in 1965–70; deoxyribo(nucleic acid) + nucleoside
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Medicine definitions for deoxyribonucleoside

deoxyribonucleoside

[dē-ŏk′sē-rī′bō-nōō′klē-ə-sīd′]

n.

A nucleoside containing deoxyribose that is a constituent of DNA.
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