- any of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.
- a compound containing a purine or pyrimidine base linked to a sugar (usually ribose or deoxyribose)
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