English

iodoacetamide

From iodo- + acetamide.

Proto-Hellenic *wion

Ancient Greek ἴον ‘violet, namely sweet violet’

Ancient Greek ἰοειδής ‘violet’

English iodo-

Today it means

noun The halogenated derivative of acetamide, CH₂I-CO-NH₂, that is used, in peptide mapping, to bind to cysteine

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Etymograph / iodoacetamide