carbinamine

noun

car·​bin·​a·​mine

kär¦binə¦mēn

plural -s

: methylamine

—used in the names of derivatives

also : any amine derived from methylamine

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary carbin- (from obsolete German karbin methyl) + amine

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