CARBAMIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carbamide mean? 

• CARBAMIDE (noun)
  The noun CARBAMIDE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CARBAMIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARBAMIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carbamide; urea

Hypernyms ("carbamide" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

 Context examples 

The kidneys filter carbamide out of the blood and into the urine.

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Carbamide can also be made in the laboratory.

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A topical form of carbamide is being studied in the treatment of hand-foot syndrome (pain, swelling, numbness, tingling, or redness of the hands or feet that may occur as a side effect of certain anticancer drugs).

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