nucleoside
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1. a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | glycoside, |
| definition | : | a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | adenosine, |
| definition | : | (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | inosine, |
| definition | : | a nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine; used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | deoxyadenosine, |
| definition | : | a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | cytidine, deoxycytidine, |
| definition | : | a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | deoxyguanosine, guanosine, |
| definition | : | a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | deoxythymidine, thymidine, |
| definition | : | a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose (noun.substance) |
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