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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless crystalline substance (C3H7NO2.) formed by the union of lactide and ammonia, whence the name.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
acid amide derived fromlactic acid , and obtained as a whitecrystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It ismetameric withalanine .
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