mesoxalic, a. Chem.
(mɛsɒkˈsælɪk)
[f. meso- + oxalic a.]
mesoxalic acid: a dibasic acid obtained from alloxan. Hence mesoxalate (mɛˈsɒksəleɪt), a salt of mesoxalic acid. Also mesoxalyl (mɛˈsɒksəlɪl), the radical of alloxan (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1890); attrib. in mesoxalyl-urea, a synonym of alloxan (ibid.).
| 1838 R. D. Thomson in British Ann. for 1839, 381 Mesoxalic acid..mesoxalate of barytes. 1878 Kingzett Anim. Chem. 203 Alloxan is resolved into urea and mesoxalic acid by the action of boiling baryta water. 1894 Nature 26 July 311/2 Bismuth mesoxalate. 1895 Thomson & Bloxam Bloxam's Chem. 749 Alloxan..or mesoxalyl-urea. |