zoogenehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoogene_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoogene, n.
Revised 2017

† zoogenenoun

Chemistry. Obsolete.
  1. 1820–69
    A nitrogenous substance obtained as a slimy residue from the water of mineral springs. Cf. barégin n., glairin n.
    1. 1820
      Mineral Animal Matter—Zoogene.—Sig. Carlo di Gimbernat has discovered a peculiar substance in the thermal waters of Baden and of Ischia.
      Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine March 710
    2. 1833
      Baregine... It is termed ‘Zoogen’ by Gimbernat.
      Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Journal Pract. Medicine vol. 19 31
    3. 1869
      Other nitrogenous substances are found—the so-called Glairine or the Zoogene.
      E. A. Parkes, Manual of Practical Hygiene (ed. 3) 20

zoogene, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoogene, n. was last modified in December 2024.