deoxyribose

== English == === Etymology === From deoxy- + ribose. === Noun === deoxyribose (countable and uncountable, plural deoxyriboses) (biochemistry) A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. ==== Alternative forms ==== desoxyribose ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====