Glyoxaline \Gly*ox"a*line\, n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline, organic base, {C3H4N2}, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also {oxaline}.
glyoxaline n : an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor [syn: {imidazole}, {iminazole}]