hypoxanthin

English

Etymology

hypo- +‎ xanthin

Noun

hypoxanthin (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A crystalline nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, found throughout the animal body but especially in muscle tissue.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hypoxanthin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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