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alloxan
[ uh-lok-suhn ]
noun
, Biochemistry.
- a white crystalline pyrimidine derivative, C 4 H 2 O 4 N 2 , used in biomedical research to induce diabetes in laboratory animals.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alloxan1
< German, equivalent to All ( antoïn ) allantoin + Ox ( alsäure ) oxalic acid + -an -an; coined by J. von Liebig in 1838
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Example Sentences
Sulphuretted hydrogen gas is passed, in a full stream, through a moderately strong aqueous solution of alloxan, in the cold.
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The impure mother-liquor from which crystals of alloxan have separated, if diluted with water, may be used for this purpose.
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When caffeine is carefully oxidized with chlorine, it yields dimethyl-alloxan and methyl-urea.
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Dialuric, dī-a-lū′rik, adj. pertaining to alloxan and uric acid.
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