aldehyde ammonia

noun

: any compound formed by the union of an aldehyde with ammonia

specifically : a crystalline compound CH₃CH(OH)NH₂ derived from acetaldehyde

called also acetaldehyde ammonia

Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

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