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sialic acids

sialic acids is the plural of sialic acid.

Meaning of sialic acid

Noun

sialic acid (countable and uncountable, plural sialic acids)

  1. Any of a group of amino carbohydrates that are substituted forms of neuraminic acid and can be components of glycoproteins and mucoproteins.
    • We have previously shown that the study of O-acetyl esters on the sialic acids is fraught with difficulties.1987, The FASEB Journal, Volume 1, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, page 231

Questions about sialic acids

What is sialic acids the plural of?
Sialic acids is the plural of sialic acid.

Words near sialic acids in the dictionary

  1. sialendoscope
  2. sialendoscopes
  3. sialendoscopy
  4. sialic
  5. sialic acid
  6. sialic acids
  7. sialid
  8. sialidan
  9. sialidase
  10. sialidases
  11. sialidoses

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