cyanamid

Variant of cyanamide

noun

  1. a caustic, white, crystalline compound, HN·CN, usually prepared by the reaction of carbon dioxide with calcium cyanamide in water and used to make other chemicals, as thiourea
    also cyanamid
  2. calcium cyanamide

Origin: cyan- + amide

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