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CARBAMIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carbamic acid mean?
• CARBAMIC ACID (noun)
The noun CARBAMIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. an acid that is known only by virtue of its salts (as ammonium carbamate) or its esters (as urethane)
Familiarity information: CARBAMIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acid that is known only by virtue of its salts (as ammonium carbamate) or its esters (as urethane)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("carbamic acid" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
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