amylo-
comb. form of amyl, in both senses, as:
1. amylo-cellulose, a name applied to a supposed constituent of starch granules, which is coloured copper-red by iodine.
2. amylo-methylic a. of amyl-methyl; as in amylo-methylic ether, also called methyl-amyl ether. So amylovinic ether, also called ethyl-amyl ether; amylonitrous ether, etc.
| 1873 Williamson Chem. xxxix. §272 Amylomethylic ether is obtained by the action of methylic iodide on potassic amylate. |