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dideoxy en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English di- Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- English deoxy- English dideoxy From di- + deoxy-.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a sugar) Lacking two hydroxyl groups.

Deriveds

dideoxyribonucleoside · dideoxycytidine · dideoxyhexose · ddNTP · dideoxynucleotide · dideoxyinosine · dideoxysugar · dideoxyribonucleotide · didanosine