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Definition of Hydantoin
1. Noun. Any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy.
Specialized synonyms: Dilantin, Diphenylhydantoin, Phenytoin
Definition of Hydantoin
1. n. A derivative of urea, C3H4N2O2, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called also glycolyl urea.
Definition of Hydantoin
1. Noun. (organic compound) The heterocycle ''imidazolidine-2,4-dione'' derived from urea and glycolic acid; any of its many derivatives ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hydantoin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydantoin
Literary usage of Hydantoin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"The hydantoin (XV), which theoretically should be formed by condensation of
hydantoin with salicylic aldehyde, is obtained in almost a quantitative yield by ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"... by means of sulphuretted hydrogen, and the hydriodic acid by carbonate of lead.
On evaporation hydantoin is obtained in warty masses of crystals:— ..."
3. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1899)
"321)' However, the hydantoin ring is less stable than the ... 311). NH. CH,
C°<NH.CO i hydantoin. ..."
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