alloxan
[ uh-lok-suh n ]
/ əˈlɒk sən /
noun Biochemistry.
a white crystalline pyrimidine derivative, C4H2O4N2, used in biomedical research to induce diabetes in laboratory animals.
Origin of alloxan
< German, equivalent to
All(antoïn)
allantoin +
Ox(alsäure)
oxalic acid +
-an
-an; coined by J. von
Liebig in 1838
Words nearby alloxan
allowance,
allowance race,
alloway,
allowed,
allowedly,
alloxan,
alloxuremia,
alloxuria,
alloy,
alloy steel,
alloyed junction
Example sentences from the Web for alloxan
Dialuric, dī-a-lū′rik, adj. pertaining to alloxan and uric acid.
The impure mother-liquor from which crystals of alloxan have separated, if diluted with water, may be used for this purpose.
Sulphuretted hydrogen gas is passed, in a full stream, through a moderately strong aqueous solution of alloxan, in the cold.