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ribose

/ˈɹaɪbəʊz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
ri-bose
IPA
/ˈɹaɪbəʊz/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

Etymology

From German Ribose, formed from Ribonsäure, the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of English arabinose.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

riboses (plural)

Derived Forms

deoxyribose desoxyribose phosphoribose ribonucleic ribosyl xanthose

Phrases

ADP-ribose ribose 5-phosphate ribose nucleic acid ribonucleic acid

Frequently Paired Words

RNA ribonucleic acid nucleoside nucleotide

Questions

How do you pronounce ribose?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹaɪbəʊz/.
What does ribose mean?
A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.
Where does ribose come from?
It is traced to German.

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