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phosphamide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phos-phamide
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any amide of a phosphonic acid (i.e. in which one of more OH groups have been replaced by -NH₂ etc)

Etymology

From phospho- + amide.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

phosphamides (plural)

Derived Forms

cyclophosphamide

Questions

What does phosphamide mean?
Any amide of a phosphonic acid (i.e. in which one of more OH groups have been replaced by -NH₂ etc)
Where does phosphamide come from?
From phospho- + amide.

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