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Webster 1913 Edition

Xanthogen

Xan′tho-gen

,

Noun.

[

Xantho-

+

-gen

.]

(Chem.)

(a)

The hypothetical radical supposed to be characteristic of xanthic acid.

[Archaic]

(b)

Persulphocyanogen.

[R.]

Definition 2024

xanthogen

xanthogen

English

Noun

xanthogen ‎(plural xanthogens)

(chemistry, dated) Formerly, a hypothetical radical supposed to be characteristic of xanthic acid.