Complete Definition of "ribose"

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  1. carbohydrate A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

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RNA
ribonucleic acid
nucleoside
nucleotide

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