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Traditional English :: ribonucleic acid
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ribon.html - n. a nucleic acid yielding ribose on hydrolysis, present in living cells, esp. in ribosomes where it is involved in protein synthesis. Abbr.: RNA. [RIBOSE + NUCLEIC ACID] |
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Traditional English :: riboflavin
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ribon.html - n. (also riboflavine) a vitamin of the B complex, found in liver, milk, and eggs, essential for energy production. Also called vitamin B [2]. [RIBOSE + L flavus yellow] |
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Traditional English :: ribonucleic acid
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ribon.html - n. a nucleic acid yielding ribose on hydrolysis, present in living cells, esp. in ribosomes where it is involved in protein synthesis. Abbr.: RNA. [RIBOSE + NUCLEIC ACID] |
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Traditional English :: ribose
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ribon.html - n.
a sugar found in many nucleosides and in several vitamins and enzymes. [G, alt. f. Arabinose a related sugar] |
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Traditional English :: ribosome
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ribon.html - n. Biochem. each of the minute particles consisting of RNA and associated proteins found in the cytoplasm of living cells, concerned with the synthesis of proteins. ribosomal adj. [RIBONUCLEIC (ACID) + -SOME(3)] |
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English Idioms :: rib
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ribon.html - See: STICK TO ONE'S RIBS or STICK TO THE RIBS. |
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