hypoxanthine
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hypo- + xanthine This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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hypoxanthine (countable and uncountable, plural hypoxanthines)
- (organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle, 3,7-dihydropurin-6-one, that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of uric acid.
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organic compound
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