cyanohydrin

cyanohydrin
/suy'euh noh huy"drin, suy an'oh-/, n.
any of a class of organic chemical compounds that contains both the CN and the OH group, usually linked to the same carbon atom.
[1920-25; CYANO-3 + HYDR-2 + -IN2]

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