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acrylamide
(ă-kril'ă-mīd),A carcinogen that forms in starchy foods cooked at high temperature (for example, fried potatoes, potato chips).
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Acrylamide
Molecular biology A core material used to make polyacrylamide gels for electrophoretic separation of macromolecules.Nutrition A substance found in increased concentrations in fried foods—e.g., crisps/potato chips, French fries—and regarded by the WHO as a probable human carcinogen.
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acrylamide
Nutrition A substance found in ↑ concentrations in fried foods–eg, potato chips, French fries, and regarded by the WHO as a probable human carcinogenMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
a·cryl·a·mide
(ă-kril'ă-mīd)A carcinogen that forms in starchy foods cooked at high temperature (e.g., fried potatoes, potato chips).
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acrylamide
A substance used in the plastics industry that is toxic to nerve fibres. Inhalation of the vapour from the crystalline substance can cause nerve degeneration and permanent paralysis.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005