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Webster 1913 Edition


Oxamide

Ox-am′ide

,
n
,
[
Ox
alic +
amide
.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline neutral substance (
C2O2(NH2)2)
obtained by treating ethyl oxalate with ammonia. It is the acid amide of oxalic acid. Formerly called also
oxalamide
.