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neuraminic acid
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neuraminic acid /neu·ra·min·ic ac·id/ (noor?ah-min´ik) a 9-carbon amino sugar whose N- acyl derivatives are the sialic acids.
neu·ra·min·ic acid (nr-mnk)
n.
An aldol condensation product of mannosamine and pyruvic acid and the parent acid of sialic acids.

neuraminic acid
a nine-carbon sugar; parent of a family of amino sugars containing nine or more carbon atoms (the sialic acids or nonulosaminic acids).

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