Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
Munter hitch
muntin
muntjac
Muntz metal
munyeroo
muon
muon neutrino
mural
muramic acid
Murchison
Murcia
murder
murder board
murderous
mure
murein
murex
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

muramic acid
mu·ram·ic ac·id [ my ràmmik ássid ]


noun 
Definition:
 
amino sugar: an amino sugar found in the cell walls of blue-green algae. C9H17NO7
[< Latin murus "wall" + amine]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft