Definitions for riboses

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riboses ri·bose

Spelling: [rahy-bohs]

IPA: /ˈraɪ boʊs/

Riboses is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in riboses (beiorss).

Definitions for riboses

noun

1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.

Origin of riboses

1890-95; German Ribose, earlier Ribonsäure, equivalent to Ribon (from Arabinose arabinose, by arbitrary rearrangement and shortening) + Säure acid