See Also: enallage(dictionary)

hexuronic (iou) and enallage (iou)


hexuronic (iou)



hexuronic adjective. E20.
[from HEXOSE + URONIC.]
hexuronic acid: any of a class of uronic acids derived from a hexose; spec. ascorbic acid.

enallage (iou)



enallage noun. Now rare. E16.
[Late Latin from Greek enallage, from base of enallassein to exchange, formed as EN-2 + allassein to change, from allos Other.]
The substitution of one grammatical form for another, as of singular for plural, present for past tense, etc.