amide
Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides
Other meanings
Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH- or R2N-)
Related words
- amide hydrazone
- acetamide
- acetoamide
- acrylamide
- acylamide
- alaninamide
- alkalamide
- alkynamide
- ambenonium
- amidation
- amidic
- amidicity
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