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CARBAMATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A salt (or ester) of carbamic acid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("carbamate" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carbamate"):
ammonium carbamate (a salt of carbamic acid that is used as a nitrogen fertilizer)
Context examples:
Though the exact mechanism of action of methocarbamol was not established, it's postulated to be via a mechanism similar of carbamate, inhibition of acetylcholinesterase at synapses in the autonomic nervous system, neuromuscular junction, and central nervous system.
(Methocarbamol, NCI Thesaurus)
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