Neurine is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter N and ends with the letter E for which we found 1 definitions.
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(n.) A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water and in the putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically however choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide. |