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DEAMINATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they deaminate ... he / she / it deaminates
Past simple: deaminated
-ing form: deaminating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination
Synonyms:
deaminate; deaminize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "deaminate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
deamination (removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound)