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Webster 1913 Edition

[

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

oxamide ‎(countable and uncountable, plural oxamides)

(organic chemistry) A white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.