oxalantin

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English

Etymology

Near-anagram of alloxantin.

Noun

oxalantin (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A nitrogenous substance, C6H4N4O5, obtained by the reduction of parabanic acid.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for oxalantin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)