Am'ide or A-mid'o-gen, n.

n. [From ammonia by contr., and Gr. γεννάω, to produce.] (Chem.) A compound radical not yet obtained in a separate state. It consists of one part of nitrogen and two of hydrogen. Ammonia differs from it in containing three parts of hydrogen, and hence has been called hydramide, that is, a compound of amide and hydrogen. Gregory.