xanthine

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Noun

HYPHEN

xan=thine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun xanthine has 1 sense

xanthine(n = noun.substance) Array - crystalline oxidation product of the metabolism of nucleoproteins; precursor of uric acid; found in many organs and in urine; Array

is a kind of

organic compound

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CIDE DICTIONARY

xanthine, n. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow.].

A type of purine obtainable as a white microcrystalline powder, C5H4O2N4, present in muscle tissue, in the liver, spleen, pancreas, and other organs, and also in urine (in small quantities) and some urinary calculi, and in the juices of certain plants; -- so called because it leaves a yellow residue when evaporated to dryness with nitric acid. It is also present in guano. Xanthine is closely related to uric acid. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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