INOSITE
\ɪnˈɒsa͡ɪt], \ɪnˈɒsaɪt], \ɪ_n_ˈɒ_s_aɪ_t]\
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A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc. Called also phaseomannite.
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A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc. Called also phaseomannite.
By Noah Webster.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Greek] A sweetish crystalline substance, C6H12O6= C6H6 (OH6) or hexahydroxy-benzene, found in small quantities in muscular and other tissues, in various viscera, and in vegetable tissues. Hence, Inosituria, Inosuria, a discharge of i. in the urine.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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