oxalethyline

English

Etymology

From oxalic +‎ ethyl +‎ -ine.

Noun

oxalethyline (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A poisonous nitrogenous base, C₆H₁₀N₂, obtained indirectly from oxamide as a thick clear oil with a strong odour and a physiological action resembling that of atropine.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “oxalethyline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)