hydantoin

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Noun

HYPHEN

hy=dan=to=in

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun hydantoin has 1 sense

hydantoin(n = noun.artifact) - any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy;

has particulars: dilantin, diphenylhydantoin, phenytoin

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hydantoin, n. [Hydrogen + allantion.].

A derivative of urea, C3H4N2O2, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called also glycolyl urea. [1913 Webster]