hypoxanthine Chem.
(hɪp-, haɪpɒkˈsænθaɪn)
[f. hypo- 5 + xanthine. Cf. F. hypoxanthine.]
A nitrogenous substance, C5H4N4O, found in the muscle, spleen, heart, etc. of vertebrates, and forming a white crystalline powder; also called sarcine.
| 1844–57 G. Bird Urin. Deposits (ed. 5) 46 This interesting body..bears so close a resemblance to xanthine or uric oxide, that Scherer has named it hypoxanthine. |
| attrib. 1873 C. H. Ralfe Phys. Chem. 96 The precipitate consists of hypoxanthin nitrate and silver oxide; this is to be decomposed with sulphydric acid, and hypoxanthin is precipitated. |
Hence hypoˈxanthic a., derived from, or of the nature of, hypoxanthine.