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Meaning
noun crystalline oxidation product of the metabolism of nucleoproteins; precursor of uric acid; found in many organs and in urine
originFrom international scientific vocabulary, from French xanthine, reflecting New Latin combining forms: xanth- + -ine; ultimately from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”), because xanthine is yellowish-white. By surface analysis, xanth- + -ine.
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