deoxyribose

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deoxyribose - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  deoxyribose \deoxyribose\ n.
     a pentose (C5H10O4) in which one of the hydroxyl groups of
     ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen. In deoxyribonucleic
     acids, the deoxyribose is D-2-deoxyribose, in which the
     hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is
     replaced by hydrogen.
     [PJC]

deoxyribose - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deoxyribose
      n 1: a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids