Barbituric acid

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1. Unclassified

A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea.

2. Noun

a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs
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