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pentose en · NOUN

Etymology

Internationalism, from penta- (“five”) + -ose.

Meanings

1. A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
   • Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose.

Forms

Deriveds

pentosuria · pentosaceous · pentosyl · deoxypentose · agaropentaose · pentoside · monopentose · pentose phosphate pathway

Hypernyms

monosaccharide

Translations (18)

ko 오탄당 (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · fi pentoosi (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · it pentosio (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · yue 五碳醣 /五碳糖 (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · cmn 戊糖 (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · tr pentoz (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · cmn 五碳糖 (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · hi पंचधु (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · ko 펜토스 (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · es pentosa (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · sv pentos (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · ja ペントース (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · eo pentozo (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · pt pentose (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · yue 戊醣 /戊糖 (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · hu pentóz (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · ca pentosa (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) · it pentoso (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)