Crossword-Solution: ALLOXAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Alloxan | n. | An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol. |
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| URIC acid, product of | 1 answer |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with ALLOXAN (5)
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.
Etym: [Mon- + ureid.] (Chem.) Defn: Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as derived from one molecule of urea; as, alloxan is a monureid.
Etym: [From Alloxan, by transposition of letters.] (Chem.) Defn: A complex nitrogenous substance C3N3H5O3 obtained from alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a stable white crystalline powder; -- called also oxaluramide.
Etym: [Uric + alloxan.] (Chem.) Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which is obtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.
Sulphuretted hydrogen gas is passed, in a full stream, through a moderately strong aqueous solution of alloxan, in the cold.