uronic acid [yoo-ron-ik] Word Origin noun Biochemistry.
- any of a group of organic acids, as glucuronic acid, derived from oxidation of aldose sugars and occurring in urine.
Origin of uronic acid 1920–25; Greek oûron urine (cf. uro-1) + -ic uronic acid in Medicine uronic acid [yu-rŏn′ĭk] n.
- A product of the oxidation of sugar occurring in various polysaccharides and in urine and containing both an aldehyde and a carboxyl group.