English word bisacrylamide comes from English bis-, English acrylamide
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| bis- | English (eng) | (chemistry, obsolete) A variant of tri- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs twice in the compound: a bisoxide is of the form B2O. (mathematics, chemistry) A variant of di-, used for substitutions of two complex rather than simple units.. An occasional variant of bi- prefixed to roots beginning with a vowel, as in bisalternate. |
| acrylamide | English (eng) | (organic compound) The amide of acrylic acid, CH2=CH.CONH2; used in the manufacture of polyacrylamides. |
| bisacrylamide | English (eng) | (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from two acrylamide residues. |