amiders

Amiders is a term that does not have a single, widely recognized definition in standard reference sources. It is not listed as a technical term in major chemistry glossaries, dictionaries, or encyclopedias, and its meaning can vary depending on context.

Etymology and typical usage tend to fall into a few broad possibilities. In many cases, amiders appears to be a misspelling or informal variant of “amides,” the class of compounds containing the functional group -CONR2. In other instances, it may be used as an informal agentive noun derived from “amide,” occasionally used humorously or locally to refer to people who work with amide chemistry, such as researchers who study amide bond formation. Such usage is nonstandard and not taught in formal chemistry writing; the conventional terms are “amide chemists” or “peptide chemists.”

Beyond chemistry, amiders can appear in fiction or online discourse as a proper noun for a fictional group, organization, or concept. In those cases, its meaning is defined by the specific work and is not universally fixed.

Because there is no agreed definition, readers should rely on the surrounding text to determine what the author intends by amiders. See also: amide, amidation, peptide synthesis, amidase.