a. Chem. [f. VIOL(ET) + URIC a.] Violuric acid, an acid produced by the action of nitric on hydurilic acid.
1866. Odling, Anim. Chem., 128. Baeyer has increased the list of compounds by his discovery of pseudo-uric acid,… and the violuric and barbituric acids.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 1001. Violuric acid crystallises in shining, yellowish, rhombic octahedrons.
