Definition of Deoxy sugar

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any compound formally derived from a sugar by replacing a hydroxy group by a hydrogen atom ¹

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Medical Definition of Deoxy sugar

1. A sugar containing fewer oxygen atoms than carbon atoms and in which, consequently, one or more carbons in the molecule lack an attached hydroxyl group. Synonym: desoxy sugar. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deoxy Sugar

deoxidation
deoxidations
deoxidise
deoxidised
deoxidises
deoxidising
deoxidization
deoxidize
deoxidized
deoxidizer
deoxidizers
deoxidizes
deoxidizing
deoxy
deoxy-
deoxy sugar (current term)
deoxy sugar alcohol
deoxyadenine nucleotides
deoxyadenosine
deoxyadenosine methylase
deoxyadenosine monophosphate
deoxyadenosine triphosphate
deoxyadenosines
deoxyadenylic acid
deoxybarbiturate
deoxycholate
deoxycholates
deoxycholic
deoxycholic acid
deoxycholoyl-CoA synthetase

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