barbituric acid

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barbituric acid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Barbituric acid \Bar`bi*tu"ric ac"id\ (Chem.)
     A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO, derived
     from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and
     regarded as a substituted urea.
     [1913 Webster] Barbizon school

barbituric acid - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  barbituric acid
      n 1: a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in
           preparing barbiturate drugs [syn: barbituric acid,
           malonylurea]