glyoxaline

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glyoxaline - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glyoxaline \Gly*ox"a*line\, n. (Chem.)
     A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the
     action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a
     large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of
     which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline.
     [1913 Webster]

glyoxaline - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  glyoxaline
      n 1: an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor [syn:
           imidazole, iminazole, glyoxaline]