GUANIN
\ɡwˈɑːnɪn], \ɡwˈɑːnɪn], \ɡ_w_ˈɑː_n_ɪ_n]\
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A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.
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A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.
By Noah Webster.
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A substance contained in guano, also in some plants and certain mammalian glands; that found in fish corium forms the basis of artificial pearl.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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C5H5N5O, a leukomain present in the various viscera and pathologically in the muscles, ligaments, and joints of swine suffering from guanin gout. It is one of the purin bodies derived from the nucleus of the various tissue cells and may accumulate in the blood from diminished oxidation as one of the causes of gout.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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