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sialic
1. Having the characteristics of saliva.
2. Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.
3. Pertaining to the saliva.
4. A reference to sialic acid.
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sialic acid (s) (noun), sialic acids (pl)
Any of a group of amino carbohydrates that are components of mucoproteins and glycoproteins, especially in animal tissue and blood cells: Siatic acids reduce amido acids that are essentially carbohydrates and are found especially as components of blood glycoproteins and mucoproteins.

A few serious diseases rely on the proximity of, or the lack of some enzymes connected to the metabolism of sialic acids.

This entry is located in the following units: acid-, acidi-, acido-, -acidity (page 6) sialo-, sial- + (page 2)