Inorganic Chemical
cyanides
cy·a·nides
Subclass of:
Hydrogen Cyanide; Anions
Definitions related to cyanides:
  • Class of compounds derived from HCN containing the -CN radical.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Inorganic salts of HYDROGEN CYANIDE containing the -CN radical. The concept also includes isocyanides. It is distinguished from NITRILES, which denotes organic compounds containing the -CN radical.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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