kerasin

See also: keräsin

English

Noun

kerasin (usually uncountable, plural kerasins)

1. (biochemistry, archaic) A nitrogenous substance, free from phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain, and closely related to cerebrin.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “kerasin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• arsnike, snakier

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English kerosene.

Noun

kerasin

1. kerosene