hex·on·ic ac·id

(heks-on'ik as'id),

The aldonic acid obtained on the oxidation of the aldehyde group of an aldohexose to a carboxylic acid (for example, gluconic acid from glucose).

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hexonic acid

hex·on·ic ac·id