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oxanilide

oxanilide noun: a white crystalline substance resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; diphenyl oxamide.

Noun

oxanilide (plural oxanilides)

  1. A white crystalline substance resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; diphenyl oxamide.

Forms of oxanilide

pluraloxanilides

Origin of oxanilide

oxalic + aniline + amide

Questions about oxanilide

What does oxanilide mean?
Oxanilide means a white crystalline substance resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; diphenyl oxamide.
What part of speech is oxanilide?
Oxanilide is a noun.
What is the plural of oxanilide?
The plural of oxanilide is oxanilides.

Words near oxanilide in the dictionary

  1. oxanes
  2. oxanilate
  3. oxanilates
  4. oxanilic
  5. oxanilic acid
  6. oxanilide
  7. oxanilides
  8. oxanine
  9. oxanol
  10. oxanorbornene
  11. oxanorbornenes

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