lactam
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
Definition of lactam
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English amide English lactam From lac(tone) + am(ide).
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