The plural form of amine; multiple chemical compounds containing nitrogen that function as building blocks in chemistry and biology.
Standard plural of 'amine' formed by adding '-s'. The root traces back to ammonia and 19th-century chemical nomenclature.
Scientists have identified thousands of different amines, and they're so important that entire industries—pharmaceuticals, dyes, explosives—depend on manipulating amine chemistry.
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