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leucomaine |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Leucomaine \Leu*co"ma*ine\ (l[-u]*k[=o]"m[.a]*[i^]n or -[=e]n), n. [Leuco- + -maine, as in ptomaine.] (Physiol. Chem.) An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a {ptomaine} or cadaveric poison.
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