When a purine or pyrimidine base is combined with a sugar residue such as ribose or deoxyribose, the resulting compound is known as a ___.

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A nucleoside consists of a purine or pyrimidine base linked to a sugar molecule (ribose or deoxyribose), without the phosphate group that would make it a nucleotide.

When a Purine or Pyrimidine Base Is Combined with a Sugar