diethanolamine

noun

di·​ethanolamine

(¦)dī+

: a colorless deliquescent crystalline or liquid amino alcohol (HOCH₂CH₂)₂NH used similarly to ethanolamine (see ethanolamine sense 1); bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)-amine

Word History

Etymology

di- + ethanolamine

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