pentose
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noun
- A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.“Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose”
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pentaosehexosemonopentosedecosetetroseoctosefucopentaoseketosepentasaccharideheptosemannopentaoseketopentosemannopentosepentosancellopentosenonose