oxamide

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noun

A white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.

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Meanings

nounoxamide (countable and uncountable, plural oxamides)

plural oxamides

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.
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