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Complete Definition of "pentose"

English
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Etymology
From penta meaning "five" and -ose meaning "sugar".

Noun
en-noun

  1. carbohydrate A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.

#:Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose

Translations
trans-top|a saccharide containing five carbon atoms
Portuguese: #Portuguese|pentose f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Portuguese

Noun
infl|pt|noun|gender=f

  1. carbohydrate|lang=pt #English|pentose.

ru:pentose
vi:pentose
zh:pentose

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