pentose
English
Alternative forms
Noun
pentose (plural pentoses)
- (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
- Hypernym: monosaccharide
- Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose.
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Translations
saccharide containing five carbon atoms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃.toz/
Further reading
- “pentose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽˈtɔ.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽˈtɔ.ze/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pẽˈtɔ.zɨ/
- Hyphenation: pen‧to‧se
Further reading
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