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Definition of: mallein
(mal′ē·in) noun Biochem.
A poisonous, yellowish–white compound, obtained from the active metabolic products of the bacillus of glanders, used for the diagnosis of that disease. Also mal′le·ine (-in, -ēn). [<L malle(us) glanders + -IN]
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