u·ron·ic acid (y -r n  k)n. A product of the oxidation of sugar occurring in various polysaccharides and in urine and containing both an aldehyde and a carboxyl group. |
uronic acid
one of the monosaccharide unit in the repeating disaccharide units involved in the formation of glycosaminoglycans.
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