- glycuronic acid
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/gluy"kyeuh ron"ik, gluy'-/, Biochem.See glucuronic acid.
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Universalium. 2010.
glycuronic acid
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glycuronic acid — acid that is derived from glucose and is present in the blood and urine … English contemporary dictionary
glycuronic acid — |glik]yə|ränik , |glīk] noun Etymology: glycuronic International Scientific Vocabulary glyc + uron (from Greek ouron urine) + ic more at urine 1. archaic : glucuronic acid … Useful english dictionary
glycuronic acid — The uronic acid of a sugar in which the terminal carbon is oxidized to a carboxyl group. * * * gly·cu·ron·ic ac·id (gli″ku ronґik) uronic acid … Medical dictionary
glucuronic acid — /glooh kyeuh ron ik, glooh / Biochem. an acid, C6H10O7, formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine. Also, glycuronic acid. [1910 15; earlier glycuronic acid, trans. of G… … Universalium
glycuronan — noun A polysaccharide consisting of many glycuronic acid residues … Wiktionary
glycuronate — A salt or ester of a glycuronic acid … Medical dictionary
glycuronide — A glycoside of a uronic acid; e.g., glucuronide. * * * gly·cu·ro·nide (gli″ku rōnґīd) a glycoside of a glycuronic (uronic) acid, often specifically a glucuronide … Medical dictionary
sugar acids — Acids, such as gluconic, glycuronic, and saccharic acid, produced by the oxidation of glucose … Medical dictionary
