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xylamide

xylamide noun: an acid amide derivative of xylic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Noun

xylamide (uncountable)

  1. An acid amide derivative of xylic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
    • A critical double blind study is required with xylamide before the drug is worthy of being considered for ulcer therapy.1974, N. J. Harper, Alma B. Simmonds, Advances in drug research: Volume 8

Origin of xylamide

From xyl- + amide.

Questions about xylamide

What does xylamide mean?
Xylamide means an acid amide derivative of xylic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
What part of speech is xylamide?
Xylamide is a noun.

Words near xylamide in the dictionary

  1. Xyl.
  2. xyla
  3. xylacine
  4. xylaloe
  5. xylaloes
  6. xylamide
  7. xylan
  8. xylanase
  9. xylanases
  10. xylanesterase
  11. xylanesterases

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