amido formic acid

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amido formic acid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Formic \For"mic\, a. [L. formica an ant: cf. F. formique.]
     (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an
     extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid;
     as, formic ether.
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     Amido formic acid, carbamic acid.
  
     Formic acid, a colorless, mobile liquid, HCO.OH, of a
        sharp, acid taste, occurring naturally in ants, nettles,
        pine needles, etc., and produced artifically in many ways,
        as by the oxidation of methyl alcohol, by the reduction of
        carbonic acid or the destructive distillation of oxalic
        acid. It is the first member of the fatty acids in the
        paraffin series, and is homologous with acetic acid.
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  Carbamic \Car*bam"ic\ (k[aum]r*b[a^]m"[i^]k), a. [Carbon +
     amido.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to an acid so called.
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     Carbamic acid (Chem.), an amido acid, H2N.CO2.H, not
        existing in the free state, but occurring as a salt of
        ammonium in commercial ammonium carbonate; -- called also
        amido formic acid.
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