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ribose

[rahy-bohs]
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noun Biochemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C5H10O5, a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
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Origin of ribose

1890–95; < German Ribose, earlier Ribonsäure, equivalent to Ribon (from Arabinose arabinose, by arbitrary rearrangement and shortening) + Säure acid
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British Dictionary definitions for ribose

ribose

noun
  1. biochem a pentose sugar that is an isomeric form of arabinose and that occurs in RNA and riboflavin. Formula: CH 2 OH(CHOH) 3 CHO
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Word Origin

C20: changed from arabinose
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Word Origin and History for ribose

n.

1892, from German Ribose (1891), from Ribonsäure, a tetrahydroxy acid, with first element shortened and arbitrarily rearranged from English arabinose (c.1880), a sugar which is so called because it is formed from gum arabic.

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ribose in Medicine

ribose

(rī′bōs′)
n.
  1. A pentose sugar occurring as a component of riboflavin, nucleotides, and nucleic acids.
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ribose in Science

ribose

[rī′bōs′]
  1. A pentose sugar with a furanose structure that occurs as a component of riboflavin and RNA. Chemical formula: C5H10O5.
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