Etymology

ribose

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Today it means: A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin. Full definition →

German Ribose ← English arabinose
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  1. English · derived fromarabinose
  2. German · borrowed fromRibose
  3. English todayribose

From German Ribose, formed from Ribonsäure, the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of English arabinose.

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