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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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of alloxan1
< German, equivalent to All ( ²¹²Ô³Ù´Çï²Ô ) allantoin + Ox ( ²¹±ô²õä³Ü°ù±ð ) oxalic acid + -an -an; coined by J. von Liebig in 1838
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Of or pertaining to alloxan; Ã applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.
From
Dialuric, dī-a-lū′rik, adj. pertaining to alloxan and uric acid.—n.
From
Murexide is produced by the action of ammonia on alloxan, which is itself derived from the uric acid of guano by treatment with nitric acid, and was known nearly forty years back to stain the fingers and nails red.
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