noun Chemistry.
- a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
noun
- any of a class of organic compounds whose molecules contain the divalent group -CONHCO-
n.
- A compound derived from ammonia and containing the bivalent NH group combined with a bivalent acid group or two monovalent acid groups.
- A compound derived from ammonia and containing the bivalent NH group combined with a bivalent acid group or two monovalent acid groups. Peptides and proteins are chains of imides formed when two amino acids are joined by a peptide bond.