(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:02:53

Bar`bi*tu"ric ac"id (?). Chem.

A white, crystalline substance, , derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea.

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