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The character 胺 is a phono-semantic compound, with the radical 月 (flesh) on the left indicating its semantic category and 安 on the right providing the phonetic element. Historically, it was used to describe meat that had begun to spoil. In modern usage, its meaning shifted when it was adopted as the translation for "amine", an organic compound derived from ammonia, thus repurposing the character's structure for scientific terminology.
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牛奶含有氨基酸。
苯胺是一种有机化合物。
多巴胺让人感到快乐。
组胺释放会导致过敏。
胺类物质在生物体内很重要。
这种药物的胺基结构易被代谢。
研究人员合成了新的手性胺。
该反应通过胺的催化作用得以加速。