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hexose monophosphate shunt

noun

Medical Definition of HEXOSE MONOPHOSPHATE SHUNT

:  a metabolic pathway of glucose in which glucose-6-phosphate is oxidized enzymatically twice with NADP as a cofactor to form pentose sugars

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