ACRIDINS | • acridins n. Plural of acridin. • ACRIDIN n. a chemical compound found in coal-tar, also ACRIDINE. |
AMIDINS | • amidins n. Plural of amidin. • AMIDIN n. the soluble matter of starch. |
AVIDINS | • avidins n. Plural of avidin. • AVIDIN n. a protein found in egg-white. |
BENZIDINS | • benzidins n. Plural of benzidin. • BENZIDIN n. a hydrocarbon used in some dyes. |
CANTHARIDINS | • cantharidins n. Plural of cantharidin. • CANTHARIDIN n. a bitter crystalline compound that is the active blister-producing ingredient of cantharides. |
CELLOIDINS | • celloidins n. Plural of celloidin. • CELLOIDIN n. a purified pyroxylin used chiefly in microscopy. |
GRAMICIDINS | • gramicidins n. Plural of gramicidin. • GRAMICIDIN n. an antibiotic obtained from certain bacteria. |
GUANIDINS | • guanidins n. Plural of guanidin. • GUANIDIN n. a strongly basic compound used in organic synthesis, also GUANIDINE. |
HESPERIDINS | • hesperidins n. Plural of hesperidin. • HESPERIDIN n. a glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance. |
HISTIDINS | • histidins n. Plural of histidin. • HISTIDIN n. an amino acid found in proteins, also HISTIDINE. |
KALLIDINS | • kallidins n. Plural of kallidin. • KALLIDIN n. a naturally occurring peptide, which causes contraction of smooth muscle and vasodilation. |
LEUCOCIDINS | • leucocidins n. Plural of leucocidin. • LEUCOCIDIN n. a bacterial substance that destroys white blood cells, also LEUKOCIDIN. |
LEUKOCIDINS | • leukocidins n. Plural of leukocidin. • LEUKOCIDIN n. an exotoxin, produced by bacteria, that destroys leucocytes, also LEUCOCIDIN. |
PHALLOIDINS | • phalloidins n. Plural of phalloidin. • PHALLOIDIN n. one of the poisons occurring in the fungus Amanita phalloides. |
TOLIDINS | • tolidins n. Plural of tolidin. • TOLIDIN n. a type of organic compound, also TOLIDINE. |
TOLUIDINS | • toluidins n. Plural of toluidin. • TOLUIDIN n. any one of three amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, also TOLUIDINE. |
TYPHOIDINS | • typhoidins n. Plural of typhoidin. • TYPHOIDIN n. a culture of dead typhoid bacillus for injection into the skin as a test for typhoid fever. |
TYROCIDINS | • tyrocidins n. Plural of tyrocidin. • TYROCIDIN n. a basic polypeptide antibiotic produced by a soil bacillus, also TYROCIDINE. |
XYLIDINS | • xylidins n. Plural of xylidin. • XYLIDIN n. any one of six metameric hydrocarbons related to xylene, also XYLIDINE. |
XYLOIDINS | • xyloidins n. Plural of xyloidin. • XYLOIDIN n. a substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch, also XYLOIDINE. |