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ribose

[rahy-bohs] Origin

ri·bose

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

Origin:
1890–95; < German Ribose, earlier Ribonsäure, equivalent to Ribon (from Arabinose arabinose, by arbitrary rearrangement and shortening) + Säure acid
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ribose (ˈraɪbəʊz, -bəʊs)
 
n
biochem a pentose sugar that is an isomeric form of arabinose and that occurs in RNA and riboflavin. Formula: CH2OH(CHOH)3CHO
 
[C20: changed from arabinose]

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ribose
1892, from Ger. Ribose (1891), shortened and arbitrarily rearranged from Eng. arabinose (c.1880), a sugar which is so called because it is formed from gum arabic.
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ribose ri·bose (rī'bōs')
n.
A pentose sugar occurring as a component of riboflavin, nucleotides, and nucleic acids.

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ribose   (rī'bōs')  Pronunciation Key 
A pentose sugar with a furanose structure that occurs as a component of riboflavin and RNA. Chemical formula: C5H10O5.
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