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pentose.

A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.

    Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose.
Where this word comes from

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

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