DEAMINIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deaminize mean? 

• DEAMINIZE (verb)
  The verb DEAMINIZE has 1 sense:

1. remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination

  Familiarity information: DEAMINIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEAMINIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they deaminize    ... he / she / it deaminizes   
Past simple: deaminized   
Past participle: deaminized   
-ing form: deaminizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

deaminate; deaminize

Hypernyms (to "deaminize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

deaminization (removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound)