A·mi·do a. Chem. Containing, or derived from, amidogen.
Amido acid, an acid in which a portion of the nonacid hydrogen has been replaced by the amido group.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.
Amido group, amidogen, NH2.
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A·mid·o·gen n. Chem. A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.
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