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Where does “adenosine” come from?

Adenosine comes from German Adenosin, a modern scientific coinage based on elements from Greek adēn and osine.

adenosine (English): A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose,...

Definitions

  1. A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose,...

Ancestry of “adenosine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAdenosinadenosine

Words derived from “adenosine”

  • adenosyl
  • adenosyltransferase
  • methyladenosine
  • polyadenosine
  • adenosinergic
  • phenylisopropyladenosine
  • aminoadenosine
  • adenozin
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