ribose

Etymology
From, formed from , the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of.

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Catalan: ribosa
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 核糖
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: ribozo
 * French:
 * Galician: ribosa
 * German: Ribose
 * Hungarian: ribóz
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: リボース
 * Polish: ryboza
 * Portuguese: ribose
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ribosa
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ไรโบส
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1)   a naturally occurring pentose sugar