arabinose

English

Etymology

From arabin +‎ -ose.

Noun

arabinose (countable and uncountable, plural arabinoses)

1. (biochemistry) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.

Derived terms

• aminoarabinose
• arabinonucleic
• arabinosic
• arabinoside
• cytosine arabinoside

 

Related terms

• arabinan
• arabinase

Translations

aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides

• Catalan: arabinosa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿拉伯糖 (zh) (ālābótáng)

• Esperanto: arabinozo
• Finnish: arabinoosi
• Indonesian: arabinosa
• Italian: arabinosio m
• Portuguese: arabinose f
• Spanish: arabinosa f
• Thai: น้ำตาลอาราบิโนส (nám dtaan aaraabìnôht)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾa.biˈnɔ.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾa.biˈnɔ.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾa.biˈnɔ.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾɐ.biˈnɔ.zɨ/ [ɐ.ɾɐ.βiˈnɔ.zɨ]

• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧bi‧no‧se

Noun

arabinose f (plural arabinoses)

1. (biochemistry) arabinose (aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides)