a. Chem. [f. AM(MONIA) or AM(IDE) + -IC.] Of or pertaining to ammonia, of the nature of an amide or amine; esp. in Amic acid, a compound of the nature of an amide, an acid amide; e.g., lactamic carbamic, phosphamic acid; Amic ether, the ether of an amic acid; Amic base, a compound of the nature of an amine, e.g., anisamine.
1863. Watts, Dict. Chem., I. 168. Amic acids are distinct monobasic acids. Ibid. (1877), Fownes’ Chem., II. 381. Amic or Amidic acids … They are also designated as a group by the name ‘Alanines.’
