Alkalamide

/ælˈkæləˌmaɪd/ noun

Definition

A chemical compound formed by the reaction of an alkaline substance with an amide.

Etymology

From alkali plus amide. This is a modern chemical term formed in English during the development of organic chemistry in the 19th-20th centuries.

Kelly Says

Alkalamide is a perfect example of how chemistry builds vocabulary by mashing together Latin-Arabic roots (alkali) with modern chemical terms (amide)—it's chemical poetry!

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