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guanosine

Syllabification: (gua·no·sine)
Pronunciation: /ˈgwänəˌsēn/
Definition of guanosine

noun

Biochemistry
  • a compound consisting of guanine combined with ribose, a nucleoside unit in RNA.

Origin:

early 20th century: from guanine, with the insertion of -ose2

guanosine in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of guanosine in the British & World English dictionary