osmiamic, a. Chem.
(ɒsmɪˈæmɪk, ɒz-)
[f. osmi-um + amic.]
In osmiamic acid: A dibasic acid, H2Os2N2O5, an acid amide of osmium. Its salts are ˈosmiamates.
| 1873 Watts Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) I. 442 Osmiamic Acid..The potassium salt of this bibasic acid..is produced by the action of ammonia on a hot solution of osmium tetroxide in excess of potash. Ibid., The osmiamates of the alkali-metals..are soluble in water. |