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Vinony

nucleoside

noun

  1. glycosylamine that can be thought of as nucleotide without a phosphate group
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌsaɪd/ / /ˈn(j)u(ː)klioʊˌsaɪd/

noun

Etymology: Probably from nucleo- + (glyc)oside.

  1. an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA). When the phosphate group is covalently attached to the pentose sugar, it forms a nucleotide.