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glucuronic acid

noun
glu路​cu路​ron路​ic acid | \ 藢gl眉-ky蓹-藞r盲-nik- How to pronounce glucuronic acid (audio) \

Definition of glucuronic acid

: a compound C6H10O7 that occurs especially as a constituent of mucopolysaccharides (such as hyaluronic acid) and combined as a glucuronide

First Known Use of glucuronic acid

1911, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for glucuronic acid

gluc- + -uronic

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glucuronic acid

noun
gluc路​uron路​ic acid | \ 藢gl眉-ky蓹-藢r盲n-ik- How to pronounce glucuronic acid (audio) \

Medical Definition of glucuronic acid

: a compound C6H10O7 that occurs especially as a constituent of glycosaminoglycans (as hyaluronic acid) and combined as a glucuronide