MUREXAN

n.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


n.

A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid.


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