/euh set"euh muyd', as'i tam"uyd/ , n. Chem.
a white, water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 2 H 5 NO, the amide of acetic acid: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
Also, acetamid /euh set"euh mid, as'i tam"id/ . Also called acetic acid amide .
[ 1870-75; ACET- + AMIDE ]