See Also: sulphamic(medicine)

incest (iou) and sulphamic (medicine)


incest (iou)



incest noun. ME.
[Latin incestus noun (or incestum use as noun of neut. of incestus adjective, unchaste), formed as IN-3 + castus chaste.]
Sexual intercourse between close relatives; spec. (Law) the crime of sexual intercourse between parent and child or grandchild, or between siblings or half-siblings; formerly, under ecclesiastical law, sexual intercourse between any persons related within the prohibited degrees as regards Marriage.

sulphamic (medicine)


sulphamic
<chemistry> Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is known in its salts.

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