amidin

The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary · 1913 · p. 5

(am’id-in) [Fr. amidon starch]. 1. One of the constituents of starch granules—the portion that is soluble in water. 2. Any one of a group of monacid bases derived from the nitrites by heating with ammonium chlorid. insoluble a., tegumentary a., the cellular lining of a starch granule; amyl in.