Definition of Neuraminic acid

1. Noun. (biochemistry) A 9-carbon atom amino carbohydrate, ''5-amino-3,5-dideoxy- D-glycero-D-galacto-non-2-ulosonic acid'', many of whose derivatives are found in nature, mostly as glycoproteins and gangliosides ¹



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Medical Definition of Neuraminic acid

1. Sometimes known as sialic acid, but strictly one of a family of sialic acids (which includes also N glycolyl neuraminic acid and O substituted derivatives). It is a 9 carbon sugar formed by adding to mannose three carbons from pyruvate. Occurs in the subset of glycolipids known as gangliosides and in glycoproteins. The presence of its carboxyl group on glycolipids and glycoproteins is responsible for much of the negative charge on animal cell surfaces. (04 Jul 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuraminic Acid

neural tube
neuralation
neuralgia
neuralgia facialis vera
neuralgias
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neuralgic amyotrophy
neuralgies
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neuramic
neuraminic
neuraminic acid (current term)
neuraminidase
neuraminidases
neuramoebimeter
neuranagenesis
neurapophyses
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neurapophysis
neurapraxia
neurapraxias
neurarchy
neurasthenia
neurasthenia gravis
neurasthenia praecox
neurasthenias

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