Usually means: Sugar alcohol derived from ribose.
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▸ noun:  (biochemistry) The sugar alcohol (2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol formed by the reduction of ribose

Similar:
ribityl, polyribitol, ribosugar, ribosyl, ribose, iditol, arabitol, ribulose, ribonucleotide, ribonic acid, more...

Opposite:
dissimilar, contrasting

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Similar:
ribityl, polyribitol, ribosugar, ribosyl, ribose, iditol, arabitol, ribulose, ribonucleotide, ribonic acid, more...

Opposite:
dissimilar, contrasting



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