Etymology

uronic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the uronic acids or their derivatives. Full definition →

Ancient Greek οὖρον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromοὖρον“urine”
  2. English todayuronic

Extracted from glucuronic, from glucose and Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekοὖρον all →

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