alloxan
[ uh-lok-suh n ]
/ əˈlɒk sən /
noun Biochemistry.
a white crystalline pyrimidine derivative, C4H2O4N2, used in biomedical research to induce diabetes in laboratory animals.
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Origin of alloxan
< German, equivalent to All(antoïn) allantoin + Ox(alsäure) oxalic acid + -an -an; coined by J. von Liebig in 1838
Words nearby alloxan
allowance, allowance race, alloway, allowed, allowedly, alloxan, alloxuremia, alloxuria, alloy, alloy steel, alloyed junction
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Example sentences 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.