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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See amid-.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Containing, or derived from, amidogen.
  • adjective an acid in which a portion of the nonacid hydrogen has been replaced by the amido group. The amido acids are both basic and acid.
  • adjective amidogen, NH2.

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  • noun organic chemistry The univalent radical -NH2 when attached via a carboxyl group

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