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amidogen
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amidogen, n. [Amide + -gen.].
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]
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