(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:12:45

U`rox*an"ic (?), a. [Uric + alloxan.] Chem.

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.

 

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