Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A salt of cyanuric acid.
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- noun (Chem.) A salt of cyanuric acid.
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- noun biochemistry A compound formed with
cyanuric acid - noun biochemistry The
anion formed by the deprotonation of cyanuric acid
Etymologies
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cyanuric + -ate
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Examples
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Consumption of melamine causes highly insoluble melamine cyanurate crystals to form in the kidney, which damage renal cells and can result in renal failure or death.
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Melamine cyanurate has been linked to kidney failure in cats, and I'm not a doctor but those children in China are being hit with kidney stones.
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The problem is when melamine is combined with cyanuric acid forming melamine cyanurate, the salt which has been found in Chinese gluten in the past.
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