PURPURIC

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of or pertaining to purpura. Dunglison.

2.
a.

Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name.

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