Glyoxaline

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glyoxaline \Gly*ox"a*line\, n. (Chem.)
     A white, crystalline, organic base, {C3H4N2}, produced by the
     action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a
     large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of
     which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also {oxaline}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glyoxaline
       n : an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor [syn: {imidazole},
            {iminazole}]