shortened form of CYANO-, in the names of some chemical compounds, as Cyamelide, a white crystalline substance polymeric with cyanic acid, called also insoluble cyanuric acid. Cyameluric acid, a white crystalline powder formed from mellone by the action of alkalis at boiling heat; a salt of this is a Cyamelurate. Cyaphenine, a substance polymeric with phenyl cyanide.
1850. Daubeny, Atom. The., vii. (ed. 2), 183. Hydrated cyanic acid … decomposes spontaneously into cyamelide, a white porcelain looking solid, insoluble in water.
