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anilide

anilide noun: any organic compound derived from an oxoacid by replacement of a hydroxyl group by an aniline residue; an amide of aniline.

Noun

anilide (plural anilides)

  1. Any organic compound derived from an oxoacid by replacement of a hydroxyl group by an aniline residue; an amide of aniline.
  2. Any compound in which one of the nitrogen-bound protons of aniline is replaced by a metal or other cation.

Forms of anilide

pluralanilides

Origin of anilide

From aniline + -(am)ide.

Words formed from anilide

Questions about anilide

What does anilide mean?
Anilide means any organic compound derived from an oxoacid by replacement of a hydroxyl group by an aniline residue; an amide of aniline.
What part of speech is anilide?
Anilide is a noun.
What is the plural of anilide?
The plural of anilide is anilides.

Words near anilide in the dictionary

  1. anileness
  2. anileridine
  3. anilic
  4. anilic acid
  5. anilid
  6. anilide
  7. anilides
  8. anilido
  9. anilids
  10. aniliid
  11. aniliids

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