An ancient city in Mesopotamia located within modern Diyarbakır, Turkey.

(Buddhism) Synonym of Amitābha, the most important buddha of the Pure Land sect.

(Japanese Buddhism) The Japanese name for the Western Buddha, Amitābha, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.

plural of amidase

(biochemistry) Any amidohydrolase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction from phthalylamide and water into phthalic acid and substituted amine.