nucleoside
Plural: nucleosides
Noun
- a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
- an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA). When the phosphate group is covalently attached to the pentose sugar, it forms a nucleotide.
Origin / Etymology
Probably from nucleo- + (glyc)oside.
Scrabble Score: 13
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Words With Friends Score: 17
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