ethanolamine
See also: éthanolamine
English
Etymology
ethanol + -amine
Noun
ethanolamine (plural ethanolamines)
- (chemistry) a hydroxy-amine, HO.CH2.CH2.NH2, manufactured by the reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia; it is found naturally in a combined form in cephalin, and has many industrial applications
Derived terms
- acylethanolamine
- ethanolaminephosphotransferase
- monoethanolamine
- phosphatidylethanolamine
- phosphoethanolamine
- phosphorylethanolamine
- triethanolamine
Related terms
- ethane
- -ol
- ethanol
- amine
- -amine
Translations
a hydroxy-amine manufactured by the reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia
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