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hexamine

n. (context chemistry English) an organic polyamine, (CH2)6N4, having a cagelike structure similar to adamantane, prepared from formaldehyde and ammonia; it has many industrial, commercial and scientific uses

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I savoured the familiar names: Sweet Spirits of Nitre, Tincture of Camphor, Chlorodyne, Formalin, Salammoniac, Hexamine, Sugar of Lead, Linimentum Album, Perchloride of Mercury, Red Blister.