Ox"a*lan (?), n. [From Alloxan, by transposition of letters.] Chem.

A complex nitrogenous substance C3N3H5O3 obtained from alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a stable white crystalline powder; -- called also oxaluramide.

 

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