amido-
combining form
(in chemistry) indicating the presence of an amide group
Origin
from amideamido-
Word Origin
1
a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which the −NH2group united with an acid radical is present:
amidocyanogen.
2
(erroneously) amino-.
Also, especially before a vowel, amid-.
Origin
amide + -o-
Related Words
- amid-
- amidogen
amido-1. a prefix denoting the replacement of an OH group by the NH2 radical.
2. → amino-.
[combining form of amide]1854 Pereira Mat.Med. (ed. 4) I. 938Amido-chloride of mercury.
1864 Reader 18 June 782/1 The fluorescence of two new substances—amidophthalic and amidoterephthalic acid.
1873 Fownes Chem. 683Alanine, or amidopropionic acid.
Ibid. 760It is converted into amidobenzene or aniline.
1877 Watts Fownes'Chem. II. 446Benzene group: amido derivatives.
Ibid. ,Only one nitro-group is obtained in the first instance, so that nitro-amido compounds are obtained.
1881 Thudichum Ann. Chem. Med. II. viii,On the Albuminous Substances, Amides, Amido-Acids, and Ammonium Salts as Sources of the Urea.
1949 S. & L. M. Miall NewDict. Chem. 29/2The prefix amido..is now usually restricted to compounds containing the amide group (—CO.NH2).
☞ amid-, amido-
amido-
combining form
see amid-
see amid-