another name (not in technical usage) for imidazole
imidazole in British English
(ˌɪmɪdˈæzəʊl, -ɪdəˈzəʊl)
noun
1. Also called: glyoxaline, iminazole
a white crystalline basic heterocyclic compound; 1,3-diazole. Formula: C3H4N2
2.
any substituted derivative of this compound
Word origin
C19: from imide + azole
glyoxaline in American English
(ɡlaiˈɑksəˌlin, -lɪn)
noun
imidazole
Word origin
[1855–60; gly(col) + oxal(ic) + -ine2]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, boilerplate, output, pipeline, specialist-ine is a suffix, of no assignable meaning, appearing in nouns of Greek, Latin, or Frenchorigin. Other words that use the affix -ine include: doctrine, famine, routine