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carbamide - 7 dictionary results

car⋅ba⋅mide

[kahr-buh-mahyd, -mid, kahr-bam-ahyd, -id]
–noun
urea.

Origin:
1860–65; carb- + amide

u⋅re⋅a

[yoo-ree-uh, yoor-ee-uh]
–noun
1. Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH2)2, occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
2. Chemistry. a water-soluble powder form of this compound, obtained by the reaction of liquid ammonia and liquid carbon dioxide: used as a fertilizer, animal feed, in the synthesis of plastics, resins, and barbiturates, and in medicine as a diuretic and in the diagnosis of kidney function.
Also called carbamide.


Origin:
1800–10; < NL < F urée; ult. < Gk oûron urine or oureîn to urinate; see uro- 1


u⋅re⋅al, u⋅re⋅ic, adjective
car·ba·mide   (kär'bə-mīd', kär-bām'ĭd)   
n.  See urea.

[carb(o)- + amide.]
u·re·a   (yŏŏ-rē'ə)   
n.  A water-soluble compound, CO(NH2)2, that is the major nitrogenous end product of protein metabolism and is the chief nitrogenous component of the urine in mammals and other organisms. Also called carbamide.

[New Latin, from French urée, from urine, urine, from Old French, from Latin ūrīna; see urine.]

Carbamide

Car*bam"ide\ (k[aum]r*b[a^]m"[i^]d or -[imac]d), n. [Carbonyl + amide.] (Chem.) The technical name for urea.

Main Entry: carb·amide
Pronunciation: 'kär-b&-"mId, kär-'bam-&d
Function: noun
: UREA

carbamide car·ba·mide (kär'bə-mīd', kär-bām'ĭd)
n.
See urea.

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