Usually means: Five-carbon sugar lacking oxygen.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (deoxypentose)

▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) Any deoxysugar derived from a pentose

Similar:
deoxyhexose, deoxyheptose, pentoside, desoxyhexose, dideoxysugar, deoxyketohexose, deoxynucleotide, deoxysugar, deoxyxylulose, aminodeoxysugar, more...

Opposite:
pentose, ribose, arabinose

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Similar:
deoxyhexose, deoxyheptose, pentoside, desoxyhexose, dideoxysugar, deoxyketohexose, deoxynucleotide, deoxysugar, deoxyxylulose, aminodeoxysugar, more...

Opposite:
pentose, ribose, arabinose



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