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tunicin Chem.|ˈtjuːnɪsɪn| [f. tunic + -in1.] A kind of animal cellulose, C6H10O5, or chitin, occurring in the mantles of tunicates.
1862Miller Elem. Chem. (ed. 2) III. 781 Berthelot calls it [chitin] tunicin, from its entering into the composition of the envelope of some of the tunicate mollusks. 1876tr. Schützenberger's Ferment. 147 Derived..from the decomposition of a substance analogous to tunicin or chitin. |