adenosine

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/æˈdɛnəˌsiːn/, /ˌædɪˈnəʊsiːn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə den′ə sēn′, -sin)


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a•den•o•sine  (ə den′ə sēn′, -sin),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biochemistrya white, crystalline, water-soluble nucleoside, C10H13N5O4, of adenine and ribose.
  • German Adenosin, blend of, blended Adenin adenine and Ribose ribose
  • 1905–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
adenosine / æˈdɛnəˌsiːn ˌædɪˈnəʊsiːn/
  1. a nucleoside formed by the condensation of adenine and ribose. It is present in all living cells in a combined form, as in ribonucleic acids. Formula: C10H13N5O4
Etymology: 20th Century: a blend of adenine + ribose
'adenosine' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ADA deficiency - ADP - AMP - ATP - ATPase - Ada - adenosine arabinoside - adenosine cyclic monophosphate - adenosine deaminase - adenosine deaminase deficiency - adenosine diphosphate - adenosine monophosphate - adenosine triphosphatase - adenosine triphosphate - amp - cyclic AMP - vidarabine

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