alloxan

American

[uh-lok-suhn] / əˈlɒk sən /

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.

Etymology

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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alloxan

Dialuric, dī-a-lū′rik, adj. pertaining to alloxan and uric acid.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Of or pertaining to alloxan; Ð applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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