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Pentose

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Pentoses
possessive
Pentose's
pluralpossessive
Pentoses'