amidin Chem.
(ˈæmɪdɪn)
[f. amid- the common Romanic form of L. amyl-um starch (as in Fr. amid-on, etc.) + -in.]
1. The soluble matter of starch found in the interior of the granules.
| 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 452 One hundred parts of potato starch..yielded 17 of amidine, 30·4 of sugar, 17·2 of gum, and some unaltered starch. |
2. Starch in a state of solution, gelatinous and transparent.
| 1839 Hooper Med. Dict. 84 Caventou says that the amidine is formed at once by the action of the hot water on the starch. 1879 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |