piperazine

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pi perə zēn′, -zin, pī-, pipər ə-)


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pi•per•a•zine  (pi perə zēn′, -zin, pī-, pipər ə-),USA pronunciation n. [Chem.]
    Also called pip•er•az•i•dine  (pip′ə razi dēn′, -din, pī′pə-).USA pronunciation a colorless, crystalline, deliquescent ring compound, C4H10N2, prepared by the reaction of ethylene bromide or ethylene chloride with ammonia: used chiefly in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic, and as an insecticide.
  1. Chemistryany derivative of this compound.
  • Latin piper pepper + -azine
  • 1885–90

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