Organic Chemical
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am·ide [ am-ahyd, -id ]
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Organic Chemicals
Definitions related to amides:
  • Organic compound derived from ammonia by substituting an acyl radical for hydrogen, or from an acid by replacing the OH group by NH2.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Organic compounds containing the -CO-NH2 radical. Amides are derived from acids by replacement of -OH by -NH2 or from ammonia by the replacement of H by an acyl group. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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