lactimide

English

Etymology

Blend of lactic +‎ imide

Noun

lactimide (plural lactimides)

1. (organic chemistry) A white crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lactimide”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)