carbamination

English

Etymology

From carbamine +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • Homophone: carboamination
  • Hyphenation: car‧ba‧mi‧na‧tion

Noun

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.
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