| NOUN | substance | ribose | a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid |
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| Meaning | A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid. | |
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| Broader | carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar | An essential structural / structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals |
| Substance of | ribonucleic acid, RNA | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes |
| Spanish | ribosa | |
| Catalan | ribosa | |
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