deoxyribonucleoside

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

noun

, Biochemistry.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of deoxyribonucleoside¹

First recorded in 1965–70; deoxyribo(nucleic acid) + nucleoside