| alloxan | <chemical> Used to produce diabetes mellitus in experimental animals. Destroys beta cells in the pancreas by a mechanism involving superoxide production. (15 Nov 1997) |
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| alloxan diabetes | Experimental diabetes mellitus produced in animals by the administration of alloxan, which damages the insulin-producing islet cells of the pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alloxanate | <chemistry> A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alloxanic | <chemistry> Of or pertaining to alloxan; applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alloxantin | <chemistry> A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alloxazine | Isomer of isoalloxazine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alloxuraemia | The presence of purine bases in the blood. Origin: alloxan + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| alloxuria | The presence of purine bodies in the urine. Origin: alloxan + G. Ouron, urine (05 Mar 2000) |
| alloy | <chemistry> A substance made from a mixture of a metal and one or more other metals or non-metallic elements. (09 Oct 1997) |
| alloys | A mixture of metallic elements or compounds with other metallic or metalloid elements in varying proportions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| allozyme | <biochemistry> Variant of an enzyme coded by a different allele. See: isoenzyme. (18 Nov 1997) |