aurocyanide

noun

au·ro·cyanide | \ ˌȯrō, -rə +\

plural -s

Definition of aurocyanide

: a complex salt (such as sodium aurocyanide Na[Au(CN)₂] formed in the cyanide process for gold) made by the union of aurous cyanide with another cyanide

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