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uronic acid

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uronic acid [yə′rän·ik ′as·əd]
(organic chemistry)
One of the compounds that are similar to sugars, except that the terminal carbon has been oxidized from the alcohol to a carboxyl group; for example, galacturonic acid and glucuronic acid.


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