oxamide

English

Noun

oxamide (countable and uncountable, plural oxamides)

  1. (organic chemistry) 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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