— arabinosic /euh rab'euh nos"ik, ar'euh beuh-/ , adj.
/euh rab"euh nohs', ar"euh beuh-/ , n. Chem.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , obtained from plant gums or made synthetically from glucose, used chiefly as a culture medium in bacteriology. Also called pectin sugar, pectinose .
[ 1880-85; arabin the soluble essence of certain gums ((GUM) ARAB(IC) + -IN 2 ) + -OSE 2 ]