amide-containing
|a-mide-con-tain-ing|
/əˈmaɪd kənˈteɪnɪŋ/
has an amide group
Etymology
'amide-containing' is formed from the chemical noun 'amide' + the English suffix/participle 'containing'. 'Amide' itself comes from Neo-Latin/French 'amide', coined in the 19th century from 'ammonia' with the chemical suffix '-ide' to name derivatives of ammonia.
'Amide' was introduced in modern chemical nomenclature in the 1800s (from Neo-Latin/French 'amide') to denote derivatives related to ammonia; the English compound adjective 'amide-containing' arose by combining that noun with 'containing' to describe substances that include an amide group.
Initially 'amide' named derivatives of ammonia; over time it came to denote the specific functional group (−CONH−/−CONR−) in organic chemistry. 'Amide-containing' now specifically means 'having that amide functional group'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
containing an amide functional group (a carbonyl group bonded to a nitrogen atom, e.g. −CONH− or −CONR−). Used chiefly in chemistry to describe molecules or materials that include one or more amide moieties.
The amide-containing polymer exhibited improved hydrogen-bonding interactions and higher melting point.
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