Amphid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amphid \Am"phid\, n. [Gr. 'a`mfw both: cf. F. amphide.] (Chem.)
     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. [R.] --Berzelius.
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