2′-Deoxyribosylcytosine, one of the four major nucleosides of DNA (the others being deoxyadenosine, deoxyguanosine, and thymidine).
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de·oxy·cy·ti·dine (.)dē-.äk-sē-'sit-ə-.dēn, -'sīt- n a nucleoside consisting of cytosine combined with deoxyribose that occurs esp. as a component of DNA
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de·oxy·cy·ti·dine (de-ok″se-siґtĭ-dēn) a nucleoside, cytosine linked by its N1 nitrogen to the C1 carbon of deoxyribose. Symbol dC.Medical dictionary. 2011.