hypoxanthine

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hī′pə zan′thēn, -thin)


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hy•po•xan•thine  (hī′pə zan′thēn, -thin),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biochemistrya white, crystalline, almost water-soluble, alkaloidal purine derivative, C5H4N4O, found in animal and vegetable tissues: used chiefly in biochemical research.
  • hypo- + xanthine 1835–45
hy′po•xan′thic, adj. 


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