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glucuronide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
glu-curonide
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Inflected Forms

glucuronides (plural)

Derived Forms

diglucuronide glucuronidase glucuronidate glucuronidation indolylglucuronide monoglucuronide sulfoglucuronide triglucuronide

Questions

What does glucuronide mean?
Any of various derivatives of glucuronic acid formed during the metabolism of phenols etc that serve to remove them from the bloodstream.

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