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1. acetoacetic, adj. View full entry 1880
...= acetoacetic ester...
2. alliin, n. View full entry 1910
...A substance found in garlic, originally thought to be a glucoside (see quot. 1910). Now disused....
3. allophite, n. View full entry 1874
...A mineral of uncertain identity, consisting of hydrated magnesium aluminosilicate and resembling serpentine....
4. cellose, n. View full entry 1901
...= cellobiose (now the usual name)....
5. germanious, adj. View full entry 1886
...= germanous...
6. Ma, n.4 View full entry 1925
...The element masurium (later renamed technetium)....
7. nephrotoxin, n. View full entry 1902
...Originally: an antiserum produced by the injection of kidney tissue from one species into animals of another species, which causes kidney disease when reinjected into the donor species; (also) any antibody or...
8. neptunium, n. View full entry 1877
...R. Hermann's name for: a supposed metallic element discovered in the mineral tantalite. disused....
9. nuclein, n. View full entry 1871
...Originally: protein that is rich in phosphorus, esp. nucleoprotein or phosphoprotein. Later: spec. nucleohistone or nucleoprotamine. Also: any compound of such a type. Now hist....
10. nucleon, n.1 View full entry 1895
...A kind of nucleoprotein or phosphoprotein....
11. phenazoxine, n. View full entry 1887
...= phenoxazine...
12. quebrachine, n. View full entry 1881
...= yohimbenine...
