Usually means: Organic compounds containing cyano group.
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  1. nitriles: Merriam-Webster
  2. nitriles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nitriles: Wiktionary
  4. nitriles: Dictionary.com
  5. Nitriles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Nitriles: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Nitriles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. nitriles: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. Nitriles: Medical dictionary

(Note: See nitrile as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nitrile)

noun:  (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.
noun:  A type of synthetic rubber formed by the copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene: nitrile rubber.
▸ Also see nitrile


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