arabinoside

[ ar-uh-bin-uh-sahyd, uh-rab-uh-nuh- ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. a glycoside of arabinose, especially any of those used in antiviral therapy as structural analogs of ribonucleosides.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arabinoside¹

First recorded in 1925–30; arabinose + -ide ( def )