Resembling or having properties similar to amines, or containing structures characteristic of amino compounds.
From amino- + -oid (resembling, from Greek eidos 'form'). A descriptive term used in chemistry to classify compounds with amine-like characteristics.
Aminoid compounds are useful in chemistry because they behave somewhat like amines without being true amines—like having a fake ID that gets you partway through the club, they help chemists model and predict real amine behavior.
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