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Glucoronide
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glu⋅cu⋅ron⋅ide

  [gloo-kyoor-uh-nahyd]
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–noun Biochemistry.
a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
Also, glycuronide.

Origin:
1930–35; glucuron(ic acid) + -ide
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Glucoronide
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Main Entry: gluc·uro·nide
Pronunciation: glü-'kyur-&-"nId
Function: noun
: any of various derivatives of glucuronic acid that areformed especially as combinations with often toxic aromatic hydroxyl compounds (as phenols) and are excreted in the urine
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glucuronide glu·cu·ro·nide (gl&oomacr;-ky&oobreve;r'ə-nīd')
n.
Any of various derivatives of glucuronic acid that often combine with toxic organic compounds and are excreted.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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