Chem. ? Obs. [ad. F. zoogène: see ZOO- and -GEN.] A nitrogenous substance found in the water of sulphur-springs; also called BAREGIN or GLAIRIN.
1820. Blackw. Mag., March, 710. Mineral Animal MatterZoogene.Sig. Carlo di Gimbernat has discovered a peculiar substance in the thermal waters of Baden and of Ischia.