dimethylaminobenzaldehyde

noun

A dimethylamino derivative of benzaldehyde

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DMAB
OriginEnglish benzaldehyde ← German Aldehyd ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-) →
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Meanings

noundimethylaminobenzaldehyde (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA dimethylamino derivative of benzaldehyde

    Other properties ascribed to the unknown substance (36), namely fluorescence under ultraviolet light and formation of a red-brown color with p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde, […]

    1956 October 23, Kenneth N. F. Shaw, Armand McMillan, Marvin D. Armstrong, The Metabolism of 3,1-Dihydroxyphenylalanine
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    The tubes were left in a bath for 10 min with occasional swirling and cooled with tap water, then 4 mL of 3 N H 2 SO 4 and 2 mL of 5 % dimethylaminobenzaldehyde (DMAB) solution were added by swirling after each addition.

    2015 August 18, Michael Gebrehiwot et al., “Evaluation of the wound healing property of Commiphora guidottii Chiov. ex. Guid.”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI

    Synonyms: DMAB

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA dimethylamino derivative of benzaldehyde

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DMAB

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  8. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  9. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  11. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  12. GermanMethy
  13. Englishmethyl
  14. Englishdimethyl
  15. Egyptianjmn
  16. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  17. LatinAmmōn
  18. Latinammoniacus
  19. Englishammonia
  20. Englishamine
  21. Englishamino-
  22. Englishamino
  23. Englishdimethylamino
  24. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  25. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  27. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  28. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  29. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  30. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  31. Old Javanesejawa
  32. Old JavaneseJawi
  33. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  34. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  35. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  36. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  37. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  38. Catalanbenjuí
  39. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  40. Englishbenzoin
  41. Englishbenzo-
  42. Englishbenz-
  43. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  44. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  45. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  46. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  47. Latinalcohol
  48. Proto-Indo-European*de
  49. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  50. Proto-Italic*dē
  51. Latindē
  52. Latinde-
  53. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  54. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  55. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  56. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  57. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  58. GermanAldehyd
  59. Englishaldehyde
  60. Englishbenzaldehyde
  61. Englishdimethylaminobenzaldehyde

From dimethylamino + benzaldehyde.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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