pyridine
Pyridine - definition from Biology-Online.org
[(Science: physiology) A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colourless liquid with a peculiar pungent odour. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaines, may be mentioned. See lutidine. Origin: From Gr. Fire.
MediLexicon pyridine - Medical Dictionary Definition for Term 'pyridine'
[1. A colorless volatile liquid of empyreumatic odor and burning taste, resulting from the dry distillation of organic matter containing nitrogen; used as an industrial solvent, in analytic chemistry, and for denaturing alcohol.
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