arabinose

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a⋅rab⋅i⋅nose

[uh-rab-uh-nohs, ar-uh-buh-]

–noun Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C₅H₁₀O₅, obtained from plant gums or made synthetically from glucose, used chiefly as a culture medium in bacteriology.

Also called pectin sugar, pectinose.

Origin:
1880–85; arabin the soluble essence of certain gums (( gum ) arab(ic) + -in ² ) + -ose ²

Related forms:

a⋅rab⋅i⋅nos⋅ic [uh-rab-uh-nos-ik, ar-uh-buh-]

, adjective

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a·rab·i·nose (ə-rāb'ə-nōs', ār'ə-bə-)

n. A crystalline pentose sugar, C₅H₁₀O₅, obtained from plant polysaccharides such as gums and hemicelluloses.

[(gum) arab(ic) + -in + -ose².]

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Main Entry: arab·i·nose
Pronunciation: &-'rab-&-"nOs, -"nOz
Function: noun
: a white crystalline aldose sugarC₅H₁₀O₅ occurring especially in vegetable gums

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