NOUN | substance | acrylamide | a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals |
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Meaning | A white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals. | |
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Example | "they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures" | |
Broader | amide | Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2 |
Spanish | acrilamida | |
Catalan | acrilamida |
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