/hek'seuh meth"euh leen te"treuh meen'/ , n.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 12 N 4 , used as a vulcanization accelerator, an absorbent in gas masks, in the manufacture of the explosive RDX and synthetic resins, and in medicine as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic. Also called hexamine /hek"seuh meen'/ , methenamine .
[ 1885-90; HEXAMETHYLENE + TETR(A)- + -AMINE ]