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Noun nucleoside has 1 sense
  1. nucleoside - a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
    --1 is a kind of     glycoside
    --1 has particulars:
     adenosine; deoxyadenosine; deoxycytidine, cytidine; deoxyguanosine, guanosine; deoxythymidine, thymidine

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Nucleoside

A nucleoside is a compound that consists of a nucleobase linked to a sugar molecule (ribose or deoxyribose) through a glycosidic bond. These compounds are crucial building blocks of nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA.

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Noun:

  1. The nucleoside cytidine is involved in the synthesis of RNA.
  2. Adenosine is a nucleoside that acts as a signaling molecule in various biochemical pathways.

Adjective:

  1. The modified nucleoside sequence was found to have enhanced stability.
  2. Synthetic nucleoside analogs are commonly used in antiviral drug development.

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