nucleoside (redirected from Nucleocide)

nucleoside /nu·cleo·side/ (noo´kle-o-sid?) one of the compounds into which a nucleotide is split by the action of nucleotidase or by chemical means; it consists of a sugar (a pentose) with a purine or pyrimidine base.

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nu·cle·o·side (nkl--sd)

n.

Any of various compounds consisting of a sugar, usually ribose or deoxyribose, and a purine or pyrimidine base, especially a compound obtained by hydrolysis of a nucleic acid, such as adenosine or guanine.

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nucleoside (noo´klēsīd´),

n purine or pyrimidine bases attached to a ribose or deoxyribose.

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nucleoside

any of a class of compounds produced by hydrolysis of nucleotides, consisting of a sugar (a pentose or a hexose) and a purine or pyrimidine base.