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deoxypentose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-oxypen-tose
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any deoxysugar derived from a pentose

Etymology

From deoxy- + pentose.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

deoxypentoses (plural)

Questions

What does deoxypentose mean?
Any deoxysugar derived from a pentose
Where does deoxypentose come from?
From deoxy- + pentose.

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