acrylamide

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acrylamide - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acrylamide
      n 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"