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glucuronide

glucuronide noun: any of various derivatives of glucuronic acid formed during the metabolism of phenols etc that serve to remove them from the bloodstream.

Noun

glucuronide (plural glucuronides)

  1. Any of various derivatives of glucuronic acid formed during the metabolism of phenols etc that serve to remove them from the bloodstream.

Forms of glucuronide

pluralglucuronides

Words formed from glucuronide

Questions about glucuronide

What does glucuronide mean?
Glucuronide means any of various derivatives of glucuronic acid formed during the metabolism of phenols etc that serve to remove them from the bloodstream.
What part of speech is glucuronide?
Glucuronide is a noun.
What is the plural of glucuronide?
The plural of glucuronide is glucuronides.

Words near glucuronide in the dictionary

  1. glucuronidates
  2. glucuronidating
  3. glucuronidation
  4. glucuronidations
  5. glucuronidative
  6. glucuronide
  7. glucuronides
  8. glucurono-
  9. glucuronoarabinoxylan
  10. glucuronoarabinoxylans
  11. glucuronoconjugated

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