alloxan
[ uh-lok-suh n ]
/ əˈlɒk sən /
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noun Biochemistry.
a white crystalline pyrimidine derivative, C4H2O4N2, used in biomedical research to induce diabetes in laboratory animals.
Nearby words
allowance, allowance race, alloway, allowed, allowedly, alloxan, alloxuremia, alloxuria, alloy, alloy steel, alloyed junction
Origin of alloxan
< German, equivalent to All(antoïn) allantoin + Ox(alsäure) oxalic acid + -an -an; coined by J. von Liebig in 1838
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Examples from the Web for alloxan
Dialuric, dī-a-lū′rik, adj. pertaining to alloxan and uric acid.
The impure mother-liquor from which crystals of alloxan have separated, if diluted with water, may be used for this purpose.
Sulphuretted hydrogen gas is passed, in a full stream, through a moderately strong aqueous solution of alloxan, in the cold.