acrylamide meaning

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acrylamide (noun): a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals.

Definition of acrylamide

  1. a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals
    • they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures

    Type of: amide

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AC · words ending in DE · 10-letter words

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