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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of a class of organic compounds containing the group -C(OH):N-. It is a tautomeric and, occasionally, isomeric form of the lactam radical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type. Cf.
lactam .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of a class of
cyclic hydroxy -imides (enols ) that aretautomeric with thelactams .
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