n.
Pronunciation: ' i-n ə - ˌ s ē n, ' ī -, -s ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary inos inic acid (the acid C 10 H 13 N 4 O 8 P; inosinic, from Greek in-, is sinew + International Scientific Vocabulary 2 -ose + 1 -in + 1 -ic ) + 2 -ine
Date: 1911
: a nucleoside C 10 H 12 N 4 O 5 that is composed of hypoxanthine and ribose, that in the form of its monophosphate is a biosynthetic precursor of both AMP and its guanosine analog, and that binds to adenine, cytosine, or uracil especially in some transfer RNAs ― compare POLY I:C