Definition of Carbamide

1. Noun. The chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics.

Exact synonyms: Urea
Generic synonyms: Organic Compound

Definition of Carbamide

1. n. The technical name for urea.

Definition of Carbamide

1. Noun. (organic chemistry especially in combination) urea ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carbamide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Carbamide

1. An obsolete term for urea. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbamide

carbachols
carbacrylamine
carbacrylamine resins
carbacrylic
carbadox
carbage
carbaldehyde
carbaldehydes
carbamate
carbamate hydrolase
carbamate kinase
carbamates
carbamazepine
carbamic
carbamic acid
carbamide (current term)
carbamides
carbamidomethyl
carbamidomethylation
carbamine
carbamines
carbamino
carbamino compound
carbaminohemoglobin
carbamoate
carbamoyl
carbamoyl-phosphate synthase (ammonia)
carbamoyl-phosphate synthase (glutamine-hydrolyzing)
carbamoyl phosphate
carbamoyl phosphate synthetase

Literary usage of Carbamide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"Isomeric with ethyl-carbamide. Produced by the action of water, ... carbamide CWN'O = N».(CO)".CH».C?Ha.H».—Very deliquescent substance, obtained by the ..."

2. Fownes Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical: A New American from by George Fownes (1885)
"Alcoholic carbamide» containing diatomic radicles are also produced by combination of ... are resolved by boiling with water into carbamide and aldehyde. 2. ..."

3. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"carbamide. — The constitution of urea is shown by its synthesis from carbonyl chloride and ammonia. = C/ XX (C1 H)— NH, - > = (C1 H)— NH, ..."

4. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1913)
"Decomposition of carbamide by Acids and Alkalis. An example of a consecutive reaction is afforded by the hydrolytic decomposition of carbamide, ..."

5. Qualitative Chemical Analysis: A Guide in the Practical Study of Chemistry by Albert Benjamin Prescott, Otis Coe Johnson, Silas Hamilton Douglas (1891)
"... in solution changes gradually, or immediately when boiled, to urea, or carbamide, with which it is isomeric : NH CNO ..."

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