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Webster 1913 Edition
Inogen
In′o-gen
,Noun.
[Gr.
ἴς
, ἰνός
, a muscle + -gen
.] (Physiol.)
A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann’s hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.
Definition 2024
inogen
inogen
English
Noun
inogen (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry, obsolete) A complex nitrogenous substance formerly hypothesized to be continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles during life.