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glu·con·ic acid (.)glü-.kän-ik- n a crystalline acid C6H12O7 obtained by oxidation of glucose and used chiefly in cleaning metals and as the source of its salts some of which are used medicinally see GLUCONATE
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glu·con·ic ac·id (gloo-konґik) the hexonic acid derived from glucose by oxidation of the aldehyde group at C-1 to a carboxyl group.Medical dictionary. 2011.