de·ox·y sugar (d - k s)n. A sugar containing fewer oxygen atoms than carbon atoms, resulting in one or more carbons in the molecule lacking an attached hydroxyl group. |
deoxy sugar
[dē·ok′sē shoo͡g′ər]
a sugar in which one or more carbon atoms have been reduced, thus losing their hydroxyl groups.
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