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adenosine

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. adenosine (noun)
  2. adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (noun)
  3. adenosine diphosphate (noun)
  4. adenosine monophosphate (noun)
  5. adenosine triphosphatase (noun)
  6. adenosine triphosphate (noun)

aden·o·sine

noun \ə-ˈde-nə-ˌsēn, -sən\

Definition of ADENOSINE

: a nucleoside C10H13N5O4 that is a constituent of RNA and yields adenine and ribose on hydrolysis

Origin of ADENOSINE

International Scientific Vocabulary, blend of adenine and ribose
First Known Use: circa 1909

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