Usually means: Five-carbon sugar alcohol compound.
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▸ noun:  (biochemistry) Any sugar alcohol having five carbon atoms

Similar:
octitol, pentaose, heptitol, pentasaccharide, pentaacetate, perseitol, pentose, nonitol, dienitol, iditol, more...

Opposite:
hexose, heptose, octose

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Similar:
octitol, pentaose, heptitol, pentasaccharide, pentaacetate, perseitol, pentose, nonitol, dienitol, iditol, more...

Opposite:
hexose, heptose, octose



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