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Definition of: hydroxylamine
(hī·drok′sil·ə·mēn′, -am′in) noun Chem.
A colorless crystalline organic base, NH2OH, formed by the partial reduction of nitric acid, but usually obtained as an unstable solution in water. In chemical behavior it is similar to ammonia.
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