Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Amphid

Amphid ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Greek 'a`mfw both: compare French amphide.]

(Chemistry) A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound. [Rare] — Berzelius