Usually means: Intermediate in nucleic acid metabolism.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypoxanthine: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypoxanthine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hypoxanthine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hypoxanthine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hypoxanthine: Wordnik
  6. hypoxanthine: Wiktionary
  7. hypoxanthine: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. hypoxanthine: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. hypoxanthine: Dictionary.com
  10. Hypoxanthine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. hypoxanthine: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hypoxanthine: Encyclopedia

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  1. hypoxanthine: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  5. hypoxanthine: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle, 3,7-dihydropurin-6-one, that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of uric acid.

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hypoxanthin, oxypurine, xantopurpurin, alloxanthine, purpuroxanthin, oxanthrene, isopurpurin, xanthosine, aminohypoxanthine, flavopurpurin, more...

Phrases:
hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase, more...

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hypoxanthin, oxypurine, xantopurpurin, alloxanthine, purpuroxanthin, oxanthrene, isopurpurin, xanthosine, aminohypoxanthine, flavopurpurin, more...

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hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase, more...



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