acrylamide
ac·ry·la·mide
noun
1.
a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals
- “they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures”
Origin
From acryl + amide.
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