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acetamide

acet·amide [ ə-ˈse-tə-ˌmīd]

acetamide

noun

[ə-ˈse-tə-ˌmīd]

Definition of acetamide

: a white crystalline amide C₂H₅NO of acetic acid used especially as a solvent and in organic synthesis

First Known Use of acetamide

1848, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for acetamide

borrowed from French acétamide, from acét- acet- + amide amide

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