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Definition: Xanthinine
Xanthinine
\Xan"thi*nine\, n. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow + quinine.]
(Chem.)
A complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric
acid, produced as a white powder; -- so called because it
forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue
fluorescence like quinine.
[1913 Webster]