benzamidine

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noun

An aromatic amidine, C₆H₅C(NH)NH₂, that is used in protein crystallography

OriginEnglish amidine ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

nounbenzamidine (countable and uncountable, plural benzamidines)

plural benzamidines

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAn aromatic amidine, C₆H₅C(NH)NH₂, that is used in protein crystallography

Origin

  1. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  5. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  6. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  7. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  8. Old Javanesejawa
  9. Old JavaneseJawi
  10. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  11. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  12. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  13. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  14. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  15. Catalanbenjuí
  16. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  17. Englishbenzoin
  18. Englishbenzo-
  19. Englishbenz-
  20. Englishamidine
  21. Englishbenzamidine

From benz- + amidine.

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APA

benzamidine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benzamidine

MLA

“benzamidine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benzamidine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “benzamidine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benzamidine.

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