carbamination

From carbamine +‎ -ation.

• enPR: kär′bə-mə-nā′shən
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑː.bə.məˈneɪ̯.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑɹ.bə.məˈneɪ̯.ʃən/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌkɐː.bə.məˈnæɪ̯.ʃən/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌkaɹ.bə.məˈne.ʃən/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌkaːʳ.ba.miˈneː.ʃon/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Homophone: carboamination
• Hyphenation: car‧ba‧mi‧na‧tion

carbamination (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) The chemical process by which a carbamoyl group (–CONH₂) is introduced into another molecule, especially through reaction of isocyanic acid or cyanate with amino groups.
   • 1945, Eugene Rabinowitch, Photosynthesis and Related Processes, Volume I: Chemistry of photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, and related processes in vitro and in vivo, Interscience Publishers, Incorporated, page 182:

     Carbamination is of particular importance for the carbon dioxide transportatioin by blood.

   • 2006, Dinesh Puri, Textbook of Medical Biochemistry, second edition, Elsevier, page 448:

     On return to the lungs, blood is exposed to low pCO₂ and by low of mass action the carbamination reaction is reversed and T to R conversion occurs, therefore binding of oxygen is again favored.

• carbamoylation
• carbamylation
• amination