noun a complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric acid, produced as a white powder;
so called because it forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like quinine.
noun a complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric acid, produced as a white powder;
so called because it forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like quinine.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012