glucuronic acid

[ gloo-kyuh-ron-ik, gloo- ]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of glucuronic acid¹

1910–15; earlier glycuronic acid, translation of German Glykuronsäure; glyc-, uronic acid

Example Sentences

No phenomenon similar to this occurs in plants, however, and glucuronic acid has never been found in plant tissues.

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