cya-
shortened form of cyano-, in the names of some chemical compounds, as cyˈamelide, a white crystalline substance polymeric with cyanic acid, called also insoluble cyanuric acid. cyameˈluric acid, a white crystalline powder formed from mellone by the action of alkalis at boiling heat; a salt of this is a cyameˈlurate. cyˈaphenine, a substance polymeric with phenyl cyanide.
| 1850 Daubeny Atom. Th. vii. (ed. 2) 183 Hydrated cyanic acid..decomposes spontaneously into cyamelide, a white porcelain looking solid, insoluble in water. |