acrylamide

noun

a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals

Roots

aceracr- · Latin · sharp, pungent hyle-yl · Greek · matter (radical suffix)ammoniakon-amide · Greek · amide (ammonia derivative)

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The word acrylamide breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Greek origin: acr, from Latin acer (“sharp, pungent”); -yl, from Greek hyle (“matter (radical suffix)”); and -amide, from Greek ammoniakon (“amide (ammonia derivative)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.