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alkannin

noun al·kan·nin \al-ˈkan-ən\

Medical Definition of ALKANNIN

:  a red crystalline coloring matter C16H16O5 obtained from alkanet and used chiefly in coloring beverages and fatty and oily pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations

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