noun
- compounds consisting of a nitrogenous base linked to a sugar, forming components of nucleotides and nucleic acids
Usage: biochemistry; plural form
Examples
- Nucleosides are essential building blocks of DNA and RNA.
- The researcher studied how nucleosides are metabolized in cancer cells.
- Antiviral drugs often target nucleosides to disrupt viral replication.
- Adenosine and guanosine are common nucleosides found in genetic material.
- The laboratory synthesized modified nucleosides for therapeutic applications.
- Nucleosides differ from nucleotides by lacking phosphate groups.