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Definition of: methylamine
(meth′əl·am′ēn, -in) noun Chem.
A colorless, gaseous, inflammable amine, CH3NH2, with a strong fishy odor, contained in the products of the decomposition of certain organic compounds, and also made synthetically from ammonia by replacement of hydrogen by methyl. [<METHYL + AMINE]
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