uroxanic
English
Etymology
uric + alloxan
Adjective
uroxanic (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which is obtained by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 uroxanic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)