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furylfuramide

furylfuramide noun: a synthetic nitrofuran derivative once widely used as a food preservative in Japan, withdrawn in 1974 as a suspected carcinogenic.

Noun

furylfuramide (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic nitrofuran derivative once widely used as a food preservative in Japan, withdrawn in 1974 as a suspected carcinogenic.

Questions about furylfuramide

What does furylfuramide mean?
Furylfuramide means a synthetic nitrofuran derivative once widely used as a food preservative in Japan, withdrawn in 1974 as a suspected carcinogenic.
What part of speech is furylfuramide?
Furylfuramide is a noun.

Words near furylfuramide in the dictionary

  1. furversions
  2. furvert
  3. furverts
  4. fury
  5. furyl
  6. furylfuramide
  7. furylhydroquinone
  8. furylhydroquinones
  9. furyls
  10. furyou
  11. furze

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