Organic Chemical
polyamine
pol·y·a·mine [ pol-ee-uh-meen, -am-in ]
Subclass of:
Amines
Definitions related to polyamines:
  • Compounds containing two or more amine groups.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Amine compounds that consist of carbon chains or rings containing two or more primary amino groups.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (polyamine compound) A class or organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen containing two or more amino groups with some compounds acting as essential growth factors for microorganisms.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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