(organic chemistry) The pseudohalogen (CN)₂; a colourless, poisonous gas used as a rocket propellant, an insecticide and in chemical warfare. / (chemistry) The radical -CN.

Alternative form of cyanogenetic

plural of cyanogen

(inorganic chemistry) A toxic chemical compound with the formula NCCl.

(inorganic chemistry) A pseudohalogen with the chemical formula (CN)Br or BrCN, widely used to modify biopolymers, fragment proteins and peptides, and synthesize other compounds.

The generation of cyanide, especially from a biological source

Giving rise to cyanide

plural of cyanogenesis