Associations to the word «Ribose»

Adjective

Wiktionary

RIBOSE, noun. (carbohydrate) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.
RIBOSE NUCLEIC ACID, noun. (genetics) (archaic) ribonucleic acid
RIBOSE NUCLEIC ACIDS, noun. Plural of ribose nucleic acid

Dictionary definition

RIBOSE, noun. A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats