Oxonic

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

  Oxonic \Ox*on"ic\, a. [Prob. glyoxalic + carbonic.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid
     ({C4H5N3O4}) not known in the free state, but obtained, in
     combination with its salts, by a slow oxidation of uric acid,
     to which it is related.
     [1913 Webster]