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xanthinine
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xanthinine, n. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow + quinine.].
A complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric acid, produced as a white powder; -- so called because it forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like quinine. [1913 Webster]
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