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fluoroacetamide

fluoroacetamide noun: an organic compound based on acetamide with one fluorine atom replacing hydrogen on the methyl group, used as a rodenticide.

Noun

fluoroacetamide (uncountable)

  1. An organic compound based on acetamide with one fluorine atom replacing hydrogen on the methyl group, used as a rodenticide.

Origin of fluoroacetamide

From fluoro- + acetamide.

Questions about fluoroacetamide

What does fluoroacetamide mean?
Fluoroacetamide means an organic compound based on acetamide with one fluorine atom replacing hydrogen on the methyl group, used as a rodenticide.
What part of speech is fluoroacetamide?
Fluoroacetamide is a noun.

Words near fluoroacetamide in the dictionary

  1. fluoro acid air
  2. fluoro-
  3. fluoro-magnesio-hastingsite
  4. fluoro-magnesiohastingsite
  5. fluoro-sodic-ferropedrizite
  6. fluoroacetamide
  7. fluoroacetate
  8. fluoroacetates
  9. fluoroacetylsalicylic
  10. fluoroadenosine
  11. fluoroadenosines

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