amido-


  1. a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which the −NH2 group united with an acid radical is present: amidocyanogen.

  2. (erroneously) amino-.

Origin of amido-

1
  • Also especially before a vowel, amid-.

Words Nearby amido-

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How to use amido- in a sentence

  • It came to be realized that the fundamental discovery of Griess was capable of being extended to all kinds of amido-compounds.

    Coal | Raphael Meldola
  • It is an amido-derivative of a sulpho-acid of beta-naphthol, so that naphthalene is the generating hydrocarbon of this substance.

    Coal | Raphael Meldola
  • Experiments show that no flavor develops until the amido acids and ammonia are formed.

    The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
  • The question arises whether these intermediate compounds must be found before other agents can form the amido acids and ammonia.

    The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
  • It will be interesting, however, to mention some of the amido acids and groups commonly occurring in proteids.

    Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for amido-

amido-

combining form
  1. (in chemistry) indicating the presence of an amide group

Origin of amido-

1
from amide

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