amino group

1. 1.

   the radical -NH2

   Synonymsamino

   Broadergroup

   Narrowerglucosamine

Questions about amino group

What does amino group mean?

amino group means "the radical -NH2".

What is another word for amino group?

Close synonyms include amino. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amino group a common word?

amino group is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.