a. [ From Amide. ] (Chem.) Containing, or derived from, amidogen. [ 1913 Webster ]
Amido acid, an acid in which a portion of the nonacid hydrogen has been replaced by the amido group.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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Amide + -gen. ] (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. [ 1913 Webster ]