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Webster 1913 Edition


Uroglaucin

Uˊro-glau′cin

,
Noun.
[1st
uro-
+ L.
glaucus
bright.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican.