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glucuronic acid
[gloo-kyuh-ron-ik, gloo-]
noun
Biochemistry., an acid, C 6 H 10 O 7 , formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glucuronic acid1
1910–15; earlier glycuronic acid, translation of German Glykuronsäure; glyc-, uronic acid
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