Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The univalent organic group NH2CO−.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry The univalent radical NH2-CO- derived from urea by loss of an amino group

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[carbam(ic acid) + –yl.]

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word carbamoyl.

Examples

  • The study includes infants, toddlers and children up to the age of five, who are suffering from the most severe forms of the following UCDs: ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency, carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase I (CPS I) deficiency or argininosuccinate-synthetase (ASS) deficiency, also called citrullinemia.

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.