diaˈluric, a. Chem.
[f. di-2 + alloxan) + uric.]
In dialuric acid, C4N2H4O4, an acid obtained by hydrogenizing alloxan, which crystallizes in needles, and forms, with metals, salts called diaˈlurates. Hence diaˈluramide, the primary amide in which the replacing radical is that of dialuric acid.
| 1845 G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. I. 60 On treating alloxan with sulphuretted hydrogen, we obtain..dialuric acid. 1856 Watts tr. Gmelin's Chem. X. 158 Dialurate of Potash. Deposited on mixing a potash-salt with aqueous dialuric acid. 1868–77 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 958 Dialuric and uric acids may be regarded as tartron-ureide and tartron-diureide respectively. |