Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The univalent organic group NH2CO−.
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- noun organic chemistry The
univalent radical NH2-CO- derived fromurea by loss of anamino group
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[carbam(ic acid) + –yl.]
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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.
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