nonamidated
|non-a-mi-da-ted|
🇺🇸
/ˌnɑnəˈmaɪdeɪtɪd/
🇬🇧
/ˌnɒnəˈmaɪdeɪtɪd/
not amidated; lacking an amide modification
Etymology
'nonamidated' originates from the English prefix 'non-' (from Latin 'non', meaning 'not') combined with 'amidated', the past-participle/adjective form of 'amidate' derived from 'amide' (a chemical name ultimately based on 'ammonia').
'amide' entered modern scientific English from French 'amide' in the 19th century (the name based on 'ammonia'); the verb/adjective-forming suffix '-ate' produced 'amidate'/'amidated', and in modern English the negative prefix 'non-' was added to form 'nonamidated'.
Initially, 'amide' named compounds related to ammonia; 'amidated' came to mean 'converted to an amide' and 'nonamidated' has come to mean 'not converted to an amide' in chemical and biochemical contexts.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
not amidated; not having undergone amidation (lacking an amide group or an amide modification). Commonly used in chemistry and biochemistry to describe molecules, peptides, or derivatives that have not been converted to or modified with an amide.
The nonamidated peptide showed different receptor binding compared with its amidated counterpart.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Last updated: 2025/10/09 17:11