a compound containing a purine or pyrimidine base linked to a sugar (usually ribose or deoxyribose)
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nu•cle•o•side
(no̅o̅′klē ə sīd′, nyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n. [Biochem.]
- Genetics, Cell Biologyany of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.
- nucle(ic) + -ose2 + -ide 1910–15
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'nucleoside' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
GMP
- adenosine
- cytarabine
- deoxyribonucleoside
- nucleosidase
- nucleotide
- ribonucleoside
- thymidine
- uridine