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MALONYLUREA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does malonylurea mean?
• MALONYLUREA (noun)
The noun MALONYLUREA has 1 sense:
1. a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs
Familiarity information: MALONYLUREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
barbituric acid; malonylurea
Hypernyms ("malonylurea" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
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