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oxonic
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oxonic, a. [Prob. glyoxalic + carbonic.].
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid (C4H5N3O4 ) not known in the free state, but obtained, in combination with its salts, by a slow oxidation of uric acid, to which it is related. [1913 Webster]
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