Definition of "cyanamide" []

• A caustic acidic crystalline compound, NHCNH, prepared by treating calcium cyanamide with sulfuric acid. (noun)
• Calcium cyanamide. (noun)

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• "Hydrogen cyanamide is a toxin that can induce nausea, vomiting and parasympathetic hyperactivity."
• "… This enhanced alcohol drinking which persisted could have profound implications for the abstinent alcoholic patient undergoing cyanamide or Antabuse therapy, because the treatment with either of these … inhibitors reportedly may result in a subsequent craving for alcohol."
• "They found that when nondrinking rats received low doses of cyanamide by injection, there was a significant increase in their later alcohol preference."