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lactimide

lactimide noun: a white crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.

Noun

lactimide (plural lactimides)

  1. A white crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.

Forms of lactimide

plurallactimides

Origin of lactimide

Blend of lactic + imide.

Questions about lactimide

What does lactimide mean?
Lactimide means a white crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.
What part of speech is lactimide?
Lactimide is a noun.
What is the plural of lactimide?
The plural of lactimide is lactimides.

Words near lactimide in the dictionary

  1. lactifying
  2. lactigenic
  3. lactigenous
  4. lactim
  5. lactimeter
  6. lactimide
  7. lactimides
  8. lactimidomycin
  9. lactims
  10. lactin
  11. lactisole

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