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a·mine

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NOUN:

Any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen, such as ethylamine, C₂H₅NH₂, that may be considered ammonia derivatives in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a hydrocarbon radical.

ETYMOLOGY:
am(monium) + -ine²

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